Johnsrude J D, Christopher M M, Lung N P, Brown M B
Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA.
J Wildl Dis. 1996 Oct;32(4):691-4. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.4.691.
We report cytologic observations and isolation of Mycoplasma felis in September 1992 from the lower respiratory tract of a 3-week-old captive serval (Felis serval) cub with pneumonia, in Florida (USA). Septic, neutrophilic inflammation with a large, monomorphic population of unique, pleomorphic, intracellular and extracellular rods was diagnosed from a transtracheal wash. Mycoplasma felis was the only bacterium isolated in significant numbers from the transtracheal wash.
