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.
About 40 % of cats carry B.
henselae at some time in their lives, although most cats with this
infection show NO signs of illness.
Traditionally, the most common bacterial zoonoses include bite wound
infections (Pasteurella multocida and Capnocytophaga canimorsus), cat scratch disease (Bartonella
henselae) and campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter jejuni, C. coli and C. upsaliensis) in household pets; salmonellosis (S. enterica) in cold - blooded animals as well as in various mammalian and avian species; and psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci) in birds.
They include: Afipia felis, Anthrax, Bartonella (Rochalimaea)
henselae, Bergeyella (Weeksella) zoohelcum, Campylobacter
Infection, Cat Scratch Disease, Chlamydia psittaci (feline strain), Cowpox, Coxiella burnetti
Infection (Q fever), Cryptosporidium
Infection, Cutaneous larva migrans, Dermatophytosis, Dipylidium
Infection (tapeworm), Hookworm
Infection, Leptospira
Infection, Giardia, Neisseria canis, Pasteurella multocida, Plague, Poxvirus, Rabies, Rickettsia felis, Ringworm, Salmonella
Infection, Scabies, Sporothrix schenckii, Toxocara
Infection, Toxoplasmosis, Trichinosis, Visceral larva migrans, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.