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1534 PART XIV Infectious Diseases

TABLE 99.1
VetBooks.ir Common Zoonotic Infections of Dogs and Cats—cont’d PRINCIPLE CLINICAL SYNDROMES

AGENT
AFFECTED
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE
Toxocara canis and T. cati (C) c Roundworms Dogs and cats Vomiting, failure to thrive
Humans Ocular and visceral larva migrans
Toxoplasma gondii h Coccidian Cats Rarely diarrhea, polysystemic disease
Humans Ocular, CNS, polysystemic disease
Uncinaria stenocephala c Hookworm Dogs and cats Blood loss anemia, diarrhea, unthrifty
Humans Cutaneous larva migrans
Yersinia enterocolitica Bacterium Dogs and cats Subclinical infection
Humans Diarrhea and vomiting

Respiratory or Ocular
Bordetella bronchiseptica Bacterium Dogs and cats Sneeze and cough
Humans Pneumonia in immunosuppressed
Chlamydia felis Bacterium Cats Conjunctivitis, sneezing
Humans Conjunctivitis
Francisella tularensis i Bacterium Cats Septicemia, pneumonia
Humans Ulceroglandular, oculoglandular, glandular,
pneumonic, or typhoidal (depending on route of
infection)
Streptococcus group A Bacterium Dogs and cats Subclinical, transient carrier
Humans “Strep throat,” septicemia
Yersinia pestis i Bacterium Cats Bubonic, bacteremic, or pneumonic
Humans Bubonic, bacteremic, or pneumonic
Urogenital
Brucella canis Bacterium Dogs Orchitis, epididymitis, abortion, stillbirth, vaginal
discharge, uveitis, fever
Humans Fever, malaise
Leptospira spp. Spirochetes Dogs Fever, malaise, inflammatory urinary tract or hepatic
disease, uveitis, CNS
Humans Fever, malaise
Coxiella burnetii i Rickettia Cats Subclinical, abortion, or stillbirth
Humans Fever, pneumonitis, lymphadenopathy, myalgia,
arthritis
Flea-borne
Bartonella spp. a Bacteria Cats and dogs Subclinical, fever, hyperglobulinemia, uveitis,
lymphadenopathy, others
Humans Fever, malaise, lymphadenopathy, bacillary
angiomatosis, bacillary peliosis, others
Rickettsia felis Rickettsia Cats Subclinical, fever
Humans Fever, CNS
Yersinia pestis Bacterium Cats Bubonic, bacteremic, or pneumonic (depending on
the route of inoculation)
Humans Bubonic, bacteremic, or pneumonic (depending on
the route of inoculation)

Tick-borne j
Anaplasma phagocytophilum Rickettsia Dogs and cats Fever, polyarthritis
Humans Fever, polysystemic