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Source: Brad DeBey, 785-532-4461, debey@vet.k-state.edu.
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News release prepared by: Greg Tammen, 785-532-2535, media@k-state.edu
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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MANHATTAN -- Summer is a prime time for animals, especially cats, to contract the bacterial disease 1xbet best casino website , according to a Kansas State University veterinarian.
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Cats typically acquire 1xbet best casino website by eating infected rabbits or from bites by ticks that have ingested blood from an infected rabbit, DeBey said.
"Most cases I know of where it has been transmitted to humans have been through a bite wound," DeBey said. "If a sick cat doesn't feel well and bites someone trying to help it, it can be bad because the cat has the organism in its mouth, which makes it easy to spread."
The K-State lab team diagnoses 20 to 40 cases of 1xbet best casino website per year, with more than 90 percent of the diagnoses in cats. However, primates have been diagnosed as well, DeBey said. Dogs and sheep also can be susceptible to the disease, although it is rare in those species.
DeBey said most cases he's observed are from eastern Kansas. A recent case was from south-central Nebraska.
"My feeling is that while eastern Kansas does have many positive cases of 1xbet best casino website , there are probably a lot more cats that die from 1xbet best casino website because they weren't diagnosed with it," he said.
Clinical signs in cats with 1xbet best casino website include lethargy, anorexia and fever. It also is possible for a clinically healthy cat to transmit the disease if the organism is present in its mouth, even if the cat hasn’t yet developed symptoms, DeBey said.
The incubation period for 1xbet best casino website is relatively short. Owners who suspect a pet has the disease should visit a veterinarian immediately. DeBey recommends using gloves to handle the animal.
No vaccines are available for 1xbet best casino website . DeBey said the best way to prevent cats from contracting the disease is simple: keep them indoors.
"That is the best way, so cats won't be exposed to rabbits and to ticks," he said. "For people who have cats but don't want to keep them indoors, the next best thing is to control ticks. Unfortunately, there's no way to control a cat from hunting rabbits since that's in their nature, but it's the risk you'll have to take with a cat being outdoors.
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