Dubey J P, Gendron-Fitzpatrick A P, Lenhard A L, Bowman D
Livestock and Poultry Sciences Institute, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland 20705.
J Protozool. 1988 Nov;35(4):528-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1988.tb04144.x.
Toxoplasma gondii was found in tissues of a six-year-old female Pallas cat (Felis manul) from the Milwaukee County Zoo. Toxoplasma gondii meronts (types D and E), gamonts, and oocysts were present in the epithelium of the small intestine. Numerous unsporulated oocysts were present in the intestinal lumen. The cat died of acute, overwhelming toxoplasmosis. Necrotic enteritis, multifocal necrotizing granulomatous hepatitis, and pneumonia were the prominent lesions.
