Oklahoma State University: If It's Tick Season, It's Bobcat Fever Season
July 21, 2020
July 21, 2020
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, July 21 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news release:
If you have a cat who goes outdoors during the summer, keep a careful eye out for any ticks on it. A tick bite could cause cytauxzoonosis (bobcat fever), an acute, life-threatening disease caused by the hematoprotozoan parasite Cytauxzoon felis.
The most common scenario is that a tick feeds on a bobcat in the wild infected with cytauxzoon and then feeds on a domestic cat. As a . . .
If you have a cat who goes outdoors during the summer, keep a careful eye out for any ticks on it. A tick bite could cause cytauxzoonosis (bobcat fever), an acute, life-threatening disease caused by the hematoprotozoan parasite Cytauxzoon felis.
The most common scenario is that a tick feeds on a bobcat in the wild infected with cytauxzoon and then feeds on a domestic cat. As a . . .