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Cytauxzoon felis is a protozoal pathogen spread by ticks that causes a usually fatal disease in domestic cats. It uses bobcats and other wild felines as asymptomatic reservoir hosts. Infected cats develop nonspecific but rapidly worsening clinical signs like fever, lethargy, and jaundice. The parasite multiplies within host immune cells, obstructing blood flow and potentially causing shock. Diagnosis is based on exposure history, clinical signs, and finding the parasite on blood smears late in disease along
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