Intestinal Tritrichomonas foetus infection in cats: a retrospective study of 104 cases

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery - Tập 15 Số 12 - Trang 1098-1103 - 2013
Panagiotis G. Xenoulis1, Danielle J Lopinski2, Sarah A. Read3, Jan S. Suchodolski, Jörg M. Steiner
1Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
2Current address: Baltimore Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
3Current address: BioFire Diagnostics, Inc, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

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The clinical presentation and response to treatment of cats infected with Tritrichomonas foetus have not been sufficiently described in a large number of pet cats. The aim of this study was to collect and analyze clinical data from pet cats diagnosed with intestinal T foetus infection. Clinical information was collected for 104 cats that tested polymerase chain reaction-positive for T foetus. The most common clinical sign was diarrhea (98%) with a median duration of 135 days (range 1–2880 days). Forty-nine of 83 (59%) cats had diarrhea since adoption. Other clinical signs included anorexia (22%), depression (24%), weight loss or failure to gain weight (20%), vomiting (19%), abdominal pain (9%) and increased appetite (3%). A total of 45 cats had completed treatment with ronidazole, 29 of which (64%) showed a good clinical response to treatment. Sixteen (36%) cats had either partial or no improvement, or a relapse shortly after discontinuation of treatment.

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Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Tập 15 Số 12

1098-1103

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