Feline histiocytic colitis. A case report with electron microscopy.
A 5-year-old cat with clinical colitis had histiocytic inflammation of colonic mucosa. Light and electron microscopy demonstrated bacilli, 0.7 x 3.0 micrometers, in various stages of degradation within macrophage cytoplasm. The disease is similar to histiocytic granulomatous bowel disease of other species. The cat responded to long-term treatment with antibiotics.
D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002415:Cats; D003092:Colitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003106:Colon / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure