Location: Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory
Title: book chapter, Coccidiosis in Cats (felis catus)Author
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Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter Publication Acceptance Date: 11/1/2019 Publication Date: 11/27/2019 Citation: Dubey, J.P. 2019. Coccidiosis in Cats (felis catus). In: Dubey, J.P., editor. Coccidiosis in Livestock, Poultry, Companion Animals, and Humans. 1st Edition. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 255-265. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429294105. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429294105 Interpretive Summary: Coccidia are a group of single celled parasites. This group of protozoa include important genera: Eimeria, Cystoisospora, Cyclospora, Sarcocystis, Toxoplasma, Isospora that can cause serious illness in livestock, poultry, and humans and some species are zoonotic (parasites transmitted from animals to humans). The present paper summarizes biology of Isospora felis, and I. rivolta (now transferred to genus Cystoisospora), including taxonomy, life cycle, diagnosis, and treatment. Re-excretion of T. gondii oocysts from chronically infected cats after superinfection with Cystoisospora felis oocysts is discussed and has public health implications. There are only two species of Cystoisospora species in cats, C. felis and C. rivolta. Clinical coccidiosis occurs more commonly in recently weaned kittens and C. felis infections are more prevalent than C. rivolta. Here, the author review history, the life cycle, biology, epidemiology, diagnosis and control of coccidiosis in cats. This review will be of interest to parasitologists, biologists, and veterinarians. Technical Abstract: This is a review. |
