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hemotropic mycoplasmosis

Hemotropic Mycoplasmosis – Bad News For Cat’s Blood

2016-02-08 by CriticalCareDVM

I love diseases of the blood and immune system. I find them fascinating. I love helping patients living with them. One common infection of the blood in cats is hemotropic mycoplasmosis. Specific bacteria called Mycoplasma parasitize red blood cells to destroy them and to trigger a powerful (and potentially deadly) response by the immune system. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Diseases Tagged: anemia, doxycycline, feline immunodeficiency virus, feline leukemia virus, FeLV, FIV, flea, hemotropic mycoplasmosis, packed red blood cells, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), pradofloxacin, transfusion

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