Listerial mesenteric lymphadenitis in 3 cats.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Listeriosis is a rare disease in cats with naturally occurring cases usually being identified in individual animals. Listerial mesenteric lymphadenitis has not been described previously in cats.

Objectives

To describe the clinical and histological features of listerial mesenteric lymphadenitis in cats as well as treatment outcome.

Animals

Listerial mesenteric lymphadenitis was confirmed in 3 cats by histology, immunohistochemistry, and bacterial culture.

Results

The affected cats were young to middle aged and were examined for various clinical signs. On both palpation and abdominal ultrasound examination, all cats had marked mesenteric lymphadenomegaly. Survival was prolonged in all 3 cases. Two of the 3 cats were fed a raw meat-based diet before the

SUBMITTER: Fluen TW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6639485 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature