ACUTE HAEMOLYTIC JAUNDICE ASSOCIATED WITH FELINE MYCOPLASMOSIS AND ITS MEDICAL MANAGEMENT

A one and half-year-old tom cat was presented to University Veterinary Hospital, Kokkalai, Thrissur, Kerala with anorexia, jaundice and weakness.The cat had fever and the skin and mucous membranes were icteric.Peripheral blood smear examination revealed epierythrocytic organisms suggestive of Mycoplasma spp.Haematobiochemical examination revealed severe anemia, thrombocytopenia and marked hyperbilirubinaemia.Feline panleukopenia and Feline infectious peritonitis were ruled out by rapid immunochromatographic test kits.The results of microscopic agglutination test (MAT) and lipl32 gene specific PCR were also negative, thus ruling out leptospirosis.The case was tentatively diagnosed as feline mycoplasmosis.The cat responded to medical therapy with doxycycline, ursodeoxycholic acid, haematinics and supportive therapy.