@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00002815,
 author = {Tanahara, Miki and 棚原, 美貴 and Miyamoto, Shotaro and 宮本, 章太郎 and Nishio, Takuma and 西尾, 拓真 and Yoshii, Yuta and 吉井, 裕太 and Sakuma, Masato and 佐久間, 暢人 and Sakata, Yoshimi and 坂田, 義美 and Nishigaki, Kazuo and 西垣, 一男 and Tsujimoto, Hajime and 辻本, 元 and Setoguchi, Asuka and 瀬戸口, 明日香 and Endo, Yasuyuki and 遠藤, 泰之},
 issue = {12},
 journal = {The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science},
 month = {},
 note = {Hemoplasma (hemotropic mycoplasma) often causes hemolytic anemia in infected cats, especially those with immune suppression. An updated nationwide epidemiological survey of feline hemoplasmosis was conducted in Japan. Blood samples were collected from 1,770 outdoor-accessing cats from March to October 2008. The infections were molecularly detected by PCR analyses, which are able to distinguish Mycoplasma haemofelis (Mhf), ‘Candidatus M. haemominutum’ (CMhm), and ‘Candidatus M. turicensis’ (CMt) infections. Of the 1,770 cats, 468 cases (26.4%) revealed a single- or co-infection of feline hemoplasmas [Mhf alone, 42 cases (2.4%); CMhm alone, 280 cases (15.8%); CMt alone, 48 cases (2.7%); Mhf+CMhm, 28 cases (1.6%); Mhf+CMt, 6 cases (0.3%); CMhm+CMt, 50 cases (2.8%); Mhf+CMhm+CMt, 14 cases (0.8%)]. In addition, male gender, middle to old age, history of fight wounds, and feline immunodeficiency virus infection were shown to be risk factors for hemoplasma infection. Close attention must be paid to the acute onset of disease in feline practice because a prevalence of hemoplasma infection was detected even in clinically healthy cats.},
 pages = {1575--1581},
 title = {An Epidemiological Survey of Feline Hemoplasma Infection in Japan},
 volume = {72},
 year = {2010}
}