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Cat-scratch disease commonly presents as tender, swollen lymph nodes near the site of the inoculating bite or scratch or on the neck, and is usually limited to one side. This condition is referred to as regional lymphadenopathy and occurs 1–3 weeks after inoculation. [5] Lymphadenopathy most commonly occurs in the axilla, [6] arms, neck, or ...
Cat senses. The large ears, eyes, and many vibrissae (whiskers) of the cat adapt it for low-light predation. Cat senses are adaptations that allow cats to be highly efficient predators. Cats are good at detecting movement in low light, have an acute sense of hearing and smell, and their sense of touch is enhanced by long whiskers that protrude ...
Feline calicivirus. Feline calicivirus (FCV) is a virus of the family Caliciviridae that causes disease in cats. It is one of the two important viral causes of respiratory infection in cats, the other being Felid alphaherpesvirus 1. FCV can be isolated from about 50% of cats with upper respiratory infections. [ 2 ]
Cats are carnivores that have highly specialized teeth. There are four types of permanent dentition teeth that structure the mouth: twelve incisors, four canines, ten premolars and four molars.[ 1 ] The premolar and first molar are located on each side of the mouth that together are called the carnassial pair.
Cytauxzoonosis. Cytauxzoon felis is a protozoal organism transmitted to domestic cats by tick bites, and whose natural reservoir host is the bobcat. [2][3][4][5] C. felis has been found in other wild felid species such as the cougar, as well as a white tiger in captivity. [6][7][8] C. felis infection is limited to the family Felidae which means ...
Infectious disease, veterinary medicine. A feline zoonosis is a viral, bacterial, fungal, protozoan, nematode or arthropod infection that can be transmitted to humans from the domesticated cat, Felis catus. Some of these diseases are reemerging and newly emerging infections or infestations caused by zoonotic pathogens transmitted by cats.
Eikenella corrodens is a Gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacillus that can cause severe invasive disease in humans. [ 1 ] It was first identified by M. Eiken in 1958, who called it Bacteroides corrodens. [ 2 ]E. corrodens is a rare pericarditis associated pathogen. [ 3 ] It is a fastidious, slow growing, human commensal bacillus, capable of ...
Vomeronasal organ. The vomeronasal organ (VNO), or Jacobson's organ, is the paired auxiliary olfactory (smell) sense organ located in the soft tissue of the nasal septum, in the nasal cavity just above the roof of the mouth (the hard palate) in various tetrapods. [ 1 ] The name is derived from the fact that it lies adjacent to the unpaired ...