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Title:   Author  item
                                            SMITH  KIRK E  - COLLEGE VET MED, UNIV GAitem
                                            FISCHER  JOHN R  - COLLEGE VET MED, UNIV GAitem
                                            Dubey, Jitender
  Submitted to: Journal of Wildlife Diseases
                                    Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 2/14/1995
                                    Publication  Date: N/A
                                    Citation: N/AInterpretive Summary: Infection by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii is widespread in livestock and human beings.  It can cause abortion in livestock and loss of vision and mental retardation in children whose mothers become infected with T. gondii during pregnancy.  Humans become infected by ingesting food or water contaminated with the resistant stage of T. gondii (oocyst) excreted  in feces of infected cats or by the ingestion of tissue cysts from meat of infected animal tissues.  Cats including wild Felidae are the main reservoirs of infection for T. gondii because they are the only hosts that can excrete oocysts.  Adult cats normally do not suffer from ill effects of toxoplasmosis.  Scientists at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center and the University of Georgia report for the first time fatal toxoplasmosis in an adult bobcat.  This report will be useful for wildlife disease specialists and zoo veterinarians.
                                Technical Abstract: A bobcat estimated to be 6 months old was presented to the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study exhibiting head pressing, stupor, intermittent seizures, and vocalization.  Gross and histopathologic examination revealed a severe focally extensive protozoal meningoencephalitis.  Toxoplasma gondii was confirmed as the etiologic  agent by an avidin-biotin immunohistochemical test.  This is the first report of clinical toxoplasmosis in a free-ranging bobcat.


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