title: Experimental infection of cats with Chlamydophila felis.
abstract: Cats experimentally infected with a British isolate of Chlamydophila felis (C. felis), B166 strain, by droplet into the eye and nose developed conjunctivitis, mild rhinitis and fever. The chlamydophila were first isolated from conjunctiva, nictitating membrane and then from lung, tonsil, liver, spleen, kidney, nasal and vaginal swabs and blood. These results indicate that C. felis B166 strain first infected and replicated in the conjunctiva and nictitating membrane in cats with symptoms which were mostly limited to conjunctivitis, and then pervaded the whole body by bacteremia.
authors.affiliation: Kyoto Biken Laboratories, Inc., Uji, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Masubuchi
authors.forename: Hideji
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nosaka
authors.forename: Kayo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
authors.forename: Teruaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kokubu
authors.forename: Morimasa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D002415:Cats; D023501:Chlamydophila / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D023521:Chlamydophila Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal