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YERSINIA PESTIS INFECTION IN CATS ABCD guidelines on prevention and management
- Source :
- Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 15, 582. W.B. Saunders Ltd
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Overview: Plague, the medieval ‘Black Death’, is caused by a Gram-negative coccobacillus, Yersinia pestis, which also infects cats. As in people, it is transmitted from rodents through flea bites; it occurs in Asia, Africa and the Americas in flea-infested regions, all year round, and where rodent reservoirs are abundant. A poor prognosis is associated with high fever, and the pulmonary and septicaemic forms. Antibiotic therapy, flea control and avoidance of rodent contacts have made this infection manageable.
- Subjects :
- Yersinia pestis
animal diseases
Cat Diseases
Bubonic plague
Microbiology
medicine
Animals
Small Animals
Plague
CATS
630 Agriculture
biology
business.industry
CAT
bacterial infections and mycoses
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
PREVENTION
Virology
Anti-Bacterial Agents
10187 Department of Farm Animals
Coccobacillus
YERSINIA PESTIS
3404 Small Animals
Cats
570 Life sciences
Flea bites
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1098612X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 15, 582. W.B. Saunders Ltd
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f768e70079db1d31a104b9ee020b1d8c