When the tight junctions between each cell are weakened, large particles of food and
bacteria that are not
meant to cross the gut wall, enter into the blood stream creating an inflammatory
response.
Finally, an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) may be used to test your cat for an immune
response to the Bartonella henselae
bacterium, but the presence of antibodies does not necessarily
mean that the cat is presently infected, only that is has carried the infection at some point in its life.