Hemobartenella, comes from a flea bite. Cats with feline leukemia are particularliy succeptible. Here is a link explaining
http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&A=1692&S=1&SourceID=42 Hope kitty feels better soon. Sally On 1/17/09, Graca Azevedo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sally, > > Thank you very much for sharing your experience. Maybe my cat got > hemobartenella when I took him out of the house for two ultrassonagraphies > last month. He does not like going out. Today he had a blood test and a > radiography. I will talk to my vet about the prescription of doxycline and > prednisone. > > All the best. > > Graça Azevedo > > --- Em sáb, 17/1/09, Sally Davis <[email protected]> escreveu: > > De: Sally Davis <[email protected]> > Assunto: Re: [Felvtalk] Anemia > Para: [email protected] > Data: Sábado, 17 de Janeiro de 2009, 23:16 > > HI Graca > > I do not know what tests have been done. It is possible your cat has > hemobartenella, which often causes amemia in feline leukemia infected > cats. > They often test negative for this and you should just treat as if the cat > has it. Normal treatment is 3 weeks of doxycycline and prednisone. If a > transfusion is needed until treatment starts to be effective then I would > advise the transfusion. My cat was treated for this in the beginning and > was not anemic after that. Of course he had his share of other problems. > > Best of luck > > Sally > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > Veja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! +Buscados > http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > -- Sally(me), Eric (not a cat),Junior(angel), Tiny(angel) Fluffy(soul mate angel), Lionel(angel),Speedy, Grey and White, Ittle Bitty, Little Black, Lily, Daisy, Pewter, Junior Junior, Hotdog (newest) Silver, and Spike Please Visit my Message board for some pictures. You are welcome to sign up. http://www.k6az.com/ki4spk/index.php?sid=c57c00cf5804ef13853ed6e77a68eed3 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
