Isolation of Mycoplasma felis from a serval (Felis serval) with severe respiratory disease.
We report cytologic observations and isolation of Mycoplasma felis in September 1992 from the lower respiratory tract of a 3-week-old captive serval (Felis serval) cub with pneumonia, in Florida (USA). Septic, neutrophilic inflammation with a large, monomorphic population of unique, pleomorphic, intracellular and extracellular rods was diagnosed from a transtracheal wash. Mycoplasma felis was the only bacterium isolated in significant numbers from the transtracheal wash.
Johnsrude
J D
JD
Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA.
Christopher
M M
MM
Lung
N P
NP
Brown
M B
MB
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002335:Carnivora; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000662:veterinary; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*