Tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis in pet cats associated with feeding a commercial raw food diet.

Conor O'Halloran Olympia IoannidiNicki ReedKevin MurtaghEili DettemeringStefaan Van PouckeJohn GaleJulie VickersPaul BurrDeborah Gascoyne-BinziRaymond HoweMelanie DobromylskyjJordan L MitchellJayne HopeDanièlle Gunn-Moore

Published in: Journal of feline medicine and surgery (2019)

Upon investigations, our results provide compelling, if circumstantial, evidence of an association between the commercial raw diet of these cats and their M bovis infections.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
weight loss
physical activity
computed tomography
pet ct
pulmonary tuberculosis
hiv aids
emergency department
risk assessment
hepatitis c virus