Fatal Neonatal Toxoplasmosis in a Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

J. P. Dubey; W. J. Quinn; D. Weinandy

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-23.2.324

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1 April 1987 Fatal Neonatal Toxoplasmosis in a Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

J. P. Dubey, W. J. Quinn, D. Weinandy

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 23(2):324-327 (1987). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-23.2.324

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii was found in tissues of a captive 1-week-old bobcat (Lynx rufus) that died of myocarditis, hepatitis and encephalitis. Although infection is common in wild Felidae, clinical toxoplasmosis is rarely seen. In this case, the infection was apparently congenially acquired.

Dubey, Quinn, and Weinandy: Fatal Neonatal Toxoplasmosis in a Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

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J. P. Dubey, W. J. Quinn, and D. Weinandy "Fatal Neonatal Toxoplasmosis in a Bobcat (Lynx rufus)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 23(2), 324-327, (1 April 1987). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-23.2.324

Received: 11 August 1986; Published: 1 April 1987

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