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Abstract
Haemobartonella felis is an obligate parasite of erytrocytes that infects cats. These Gram-negative organisms can appear in the form of a coccus or bacillus, and their transmission to the vertebrate host occurs throught the bite of the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus. This study aimed to determine the presence of H. felis in stray cats in the city of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Blood smears were obtained from the ear tips of 50 cast (31 males and 19 females) stained by Giemsa and examined under the light microscope at 100x magnification. From 50 blood smears, 15 (30%) were positive for Haemobartonella sp, representing 11 male and 4 female cats. Other hemoparasitoses were not found in these samples. The high indidence of Haemobartonella sp verified in this study may be due to the habit of rambling os these animals, thus enhancing the risk of infestation by ticks.Downloads
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Copyright (c) 2002 Vanessa Martins Fayad Milken, Dagmar Diniz Cabral, Roberta Torres Gonçalves Santos, Scheila Pedrosa Franco Barbosa

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