17/03/2026
đž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞā§āϰ Mycoplasmosis (Feline Hemotropic Mycoplasmosis)
Hemotropic Mycoplasma āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻž āϞāĻžāϞ āϰāĻā§āϤāĻāĻŖāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ (RBC) āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ hemolytic anemia āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠Mycoplasma haemofelis āϏāĻŦāĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻāĨ¤
đŦ āĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§āϏāĻŽā§āĻš
âĸ Mycoplasma haemofelis â Severe anemia
âĸ Candidatus M. haemominutum â Mild / subclinical
âĸ Candidatus M. turicensis â Mildâmoderate
đĻ āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĢā§āϞāĻŋ (â Flea -blood-sucking parasite) āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϏāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻšā§ā§ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āώāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§āĻā§ āĻāύāĻĢā§āĻāĻļāύ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āĻāϰ⧠āϝā§āϏāĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋā§āĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϰ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻļāĻž āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻāϰā§, āϝā§āĻā§āύ āĻā§āώāϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻāύāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāύāϤāĻž āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ(āĻĒā§āϰā§āώ āĻŦāĻŋā§āĻžāϞ), āϝāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻāύāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāύāĻĢā§āĻāĻā§āĻĄ āĻŦāĻŋā§āĻžāϞ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāĻĄ āĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϏāĻŽāĻŋāĻļāύ āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āĻāύāĻĢā§āĻāĻļāύ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
đ āϤāĻžāĻ flea control āύāĻž āĻāϰāϞ⧠disease spread āĻ relapse āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§
đŠē āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āϞāĻā§āώāĻŖāϏāĻŽā§āĻš
âĸ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻŦāϞāϤāĻž āĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧠āĻ
āϰā§āĻāĻŋ
âĸ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāϏ āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻŦā§āϰā§āύ āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāĻļā§ (Pale) āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
âĸ āĻā§āĻŦāϰ
âĸ āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž
âĸ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŽā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
âĸ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻŽā§āϏāĻŋāϏ
âĸ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ āĻšā§āĻĻāϏā§āĻĒāύā§āĻĻāύ
âĸ āĻāύā§āĻĄāĻŋāϏ (āĻā§āϰā§āϤāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰā§)
âĸ āĻāĻŽāύāĻāĻŋ āϰāĻā§āϤāĻžāϞā§āĻĒāϤāĻž / āϰāĻā§āϤāĻļā§āύā§āϝāϤāĻž āĻšā§ā§ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻžāĻ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§
āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻā§āύ⧠āϞāĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
đ§ĒāĻāĻĒāϰā§āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āϞāĻā§āώāĻŖāϏāĻŽā§āĻš āĻ āĻĒā§āϰā§ā§āĻāύā§ā§ āϞā§āϝāĻžāĻŦ āĻā§āϏā§āĻ āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ Disease Daignosis āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
â CBC â Regenerative anemia
â Blood smear â organism āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠(low sensitivity but reliable)
â PCR â Gold Standard (most reliable)
đ Prognosis
âĸ Early diagnosis āĻšāϞ⧠prognosis āĻāĻžāϞā§
âĸ Complete elimination āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻŦ āĻšā§ āύāĻž
â Carrier state + relapse risk āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§
đĄ Prevention
â Strict flea control (KEY FACTOR)
â Outdoor access āĻāĻŽāĻžāύā§
â Fighting control / neutering
â Blood donor screening (PCR)
đŠââī¸ Take-home Message
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āώāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§āϤ⧠anemia + febrile (āĻā§āĻŦāϰ) cat-āĻšāϞ⧠āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻāĻāϏā§āĻĨ āĻā§āĻ āĻāϰ Consultancy āύāĻŋāύāĨ¤
đ Smear negative āĻšāϞā§āĻ disease exclude āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ āύāĻž (False negative result āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§) āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠positive āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāύāĻĢāĻžāϰā§āĻŽāĨ¤
đ PCR early āĻāϰāϞ⧠diagnosis āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
đāĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ Flea control āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤