title: [Neonatal toxoplasmosis in kittens].
abstract: The occurrence of toxoplasmosis is described in the cat-mother and three kittens. Clinical symptoms were not significant: bristled hair, conjunctivitis, sneezing and hypertrophy of mandibular and popliteal lymph nodes. The titres of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii were demonstrated in all kittens and also in the cat: Sabin-Feldman reaction titre 4-32, complement-fixing reaction titre 5-40. Microprecipitation in agar gel was positive in all animals. Oocytes of Toxoplasma gondii were eliminated through faeces by the cat and two 16-day-old kittens. An isolation trial on white mice with a negative finding of toxoplasmosis (inoculation of brain, liver and spleen samples) has demonstrated toxoplasmosis in all animals under study. Most probably the kittens were infected transplacentally.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission
vernacular_title: Neonatální toxoplazmóza kotat.