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\nA deadly tick-borne disease is actively affecting domestic cats in Kentucky.<\/p>\n
\nA deadly tick-borne disease is actively affecting domestic cats in Kentucky.<\/p>\n
Bobcat fever, also known as Cytauxzoonosis, is transmitted through a single tick bite and can progress quickly, according to veterinarian Adrienne Price Williams.<\/p>\n
Williams said day one, the tick bites, it is usually a 10 day period before the cat will start acting sick. And usually then another could be up to 48 hours before that cat could be dead.<\/p>\n
Williams said, bobcat fever has become more prevalent across the region.<\/p>\n
Symptoms include lethargy, fever, decreased appetite, increased respiration or heart rate, and pain.<\/p>\n
If the disease is left untreated it has a death rate of 97%, according to USA Today.<\/p>\n
A team of researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of Missouri created a vaccine for the disease, helping improve survival rates. However, the vaccine is not commercially available currently.<\/p>\n
Williams recommended keeping cats indoors this summer and practicing year-round tick prevention.
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