Olga Szaluś-Jordanow, Anna Golke, Tomasz Dzieciątkowski, Dorota Chrobak-Chmiel, Magdalena Rzewuska, Michał Czopowicz, Rafał Sapierzyński, Michał Kardas, Kinga Biernacka, Marcin Mickiewicz, Agata Moroz-Fik, Andrzej Łobaczewski, Ilona Stefańska, Ewelina Kwiecień, Iwona Markowska-Daniel, Tadeusz Frymus
A European Shorthair male cat, neutered, approximately 6 years of age, was presented to the veterinary clinic due to apathy and anorexia. The cat lived mostly outdoors and was fed raw chicken meat. After 3 days of diagnostic procedures and symptomatic treatment, respiratory distress and neurological signs developed and progressed into epileptic seizures, followed by respiratory and cardiac arrest within the next 3 days. Post-mortem examination revealed necrotic lesions in the liver, lungs, and intestines. Notably, the brain displayed perivascular infiltration of lymphocytes and histiocytes...
September 9, 2023: Microorganisms