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Feline Haemoplasmosis (M. haemofelis)
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Key Points
  • Mycoplasma haemofelis is a haemotropic bacterium that causes feline infectious anaemia
  • Transmission is primarily via blood-blood contact, especially through fighting, bite wounds and iatrogenic transfer
  • Common clinical signs include lethargy, inappetence, dehydration, pallor, tachypnoea and pyrexia
  • PCR is the gold standard diagnostic test
  • Doxycycline is the first choice antibiotic but is unlikely to completely clear the infection
  • Cats can become lifelong carriers of infection
Differential Diagnoses
  1. Cytauxzoonosis
  2. Heinz body anaemia
  3. Primary immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia (IMHA)
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