Isolation of #Bartonella henselae# and two new #Bartonella# subspecies, #Bartonella koehlerae# Subspecies #boulouisii# subsp. nov. and #Bartonella koehlerae# Subspecies #bothieri# subsp. nov. from free-ranging Californian mountain lions and bobcats

Chomel B.B., Molia S., Kasten R.W., Borgo G.M., Stuckey M.J., Maruyama S., Chang C.C., Haddad N., Koehler J.E.
2016

Domestic cats are the natural reservoir of Bartonella henselae, B. clarridgeiae and B. koehlerae. To determine the role of wild felids in the epidemiology of Bartonella infections, blood was collected from 14 free-ranging California mountain lions (Puma concolor) and 19 bobcats (Lynx rufus). Bartonella spp. were isolated from four (29%) mountain lions and seven (37%) bobcats. These isolates were ...

Maladies des animaux