Publications by authors named "Saskia Nemitz"
Parasit Vectors
August 2024
Article Synopsis
- - Recent conservation efforts in Germany have led to increasing populations of European wildcats, heightening the risk of zoonotic pathogen transmission between wildcats and domestic cats as both populations grow closer together.
- - A study collected skin and spleen samples from 117 wildcats in southwestern Germany and tested for several vector-borne pathogens (VBPs) using PCR methods, finding that 6.8% were Rickettsia-positive and a significant 71.8% tested positive for Cytauxzoon spp., a pathogen harmful to domestic cats.
- - The findings indicate that while most examined pathogens were rare in wildcats, the high prevalence of Cytauxzoon spp. suggests that these wildcats could be important carriers of the pathogen, potentially
