Fatal neonatal toxoplasmosis in a bobcat (Lynx rufus)

J Wildl Dis. 1987 Apr;23(2):324-7. doi: 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 congenitally acquired.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carnivora / parasitology*
  • Female
  • Liver / pathology
  • Male
  • Medulla Oblongata / pathology
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • Toxoplasmosis, Animal / congenital
  • Toxoplasmosis, Animal / pathology*