Eight bobcats with adjoining or overlapping home ranges were examined. Hematological values were within previously reported ranges. Six bobcats demonstrated antibody titers to Toxoplasma gondii. Isospora spp., Taenia taeniaeformis, Spirometra mansoides, Physoloptera rara, Toxocara cati, Strongyloides spp., Trichurus spp., Capillaria spp., and Ancyclostoma spp. were found also in the animals examined. The mean number of parasite species per host was 4.1. All bobcats tested negative for serum antibodies to Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsii). Two bobcats had titers ≤1:20 for tularemia (Francisiella tularensis), and two were positive for leptospirosis (Leptospira spp.).
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1 January 1988
Hematology, Intestinal Parasites, and Selected Disease Antibodies from a Population of Bobcats (Felis rufus) in Central Arkansas
GARY A. HEIDT,
Richard A. Rucker,
Michael L. Kennedy,
Marilyn E. Baeyens
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 24 • No. 1
January 1988
Vol. 24 • No. 1
January 1988
bobcat
Felis rufus
hematology
parasites
serology