Feline ocular toxoplasmosis
- 1 June 1998
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Veterinary Ophthalmology
- Vol. 1 (2-3) , 71-80
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-5224.1998.00033.x
Abstract
Ocular infection withToxoplasma gondiiis a well‐recognized and important clinical entity in many animal species. In the cat, ocular toxoplasmosis is commonly associated with systemic infection, yet its role in causing anterior uveitis in an otherwise healthy cat is unclear. The purpose of this article is to review the salient epidemiological, clinical, and histopathologic features of systemic and ocular toxoplasmosis in the cat. Additionally, pathogenesis and possible immunopathogenic mechanisms of ocular toxoplasmosis, which may account for the higher prevalence of anterior uveitis in cats seropositive forT. gondii, are discussed. Finally, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of feline toxoplasmosis are reviewed.Keywords
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