| Theileria felis | A highly pathogenic species that causes theileriosis in domestic cats and bobcats. Synonym: Cytauxzoon felis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Afipia felis | A cause of cat-scratch disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Babesia felis | Species found in domestic and wild members of the cat family, chiefly in Africa and India, causing babesiosis less severe than that caused by Babesia canis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haemobartonella felis | The species causing feline infectious anaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cytauxzoon felis | A highly pathogenic species that causes theileriosis in domestic cats and bobcats. Synonym: Cytauxzoon felis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Isospora felis | A species found in the small intestine and sometimes the caecum and colon of cats, lions, and other felids; it is only slightly, if at all, pathogenic in cats and is not infective in dogs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| felis | <zoology> A genus of carnivorous mammals, including the domestic cat, the lion, tiger, panther, and similar animals. Origin: L, cat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| theileria | A genus of tick-borne protozoa parasitic in the lymphocytes, erythrocytes, and endothelial cells of mammals. Its organisms multiply asexually and then invade erythrocytes, where they undergo no further reproduction until ingested by a transmitting tick. (12 Dec 1998) |
| theileria annulata | A protozoan parasite causing tropical theileriasis in cattle. It is transmitted by ticks of the hyalomma genus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Theileria bovis | A parasite causing Rhodesian malignant theileriosis in cattle. Synonym: Theileria bovis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Theileria hirci | A species that causes malignant theileriosis in sheep and goats. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Theileria lawrencei | A parasite of the wild African buffalo (Syncerus caffer); it is highly pathogenic to cattle, causing Corridor disease. Synonym: Theileria lawrencei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Theileria mutans | A species that causes benign bovine theileriosis in Africa and the Carribbean; occasionally causes fatal disease in cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Theileria orientalis | A bovine species found worldwide which, in some regions, has been reported to cause clinical disease in cattle. Synonym: Theileria sergenti. (05 Mar 2000) |
| theileria parva | A protozoan parasite that is the aetiologic agent of east coast fever (theileriasis). Transmission is by ticks of the physicephalus and hyalomma genera. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Theileria parva bovis | A parasite causing Rhodesian malignant theileriosis in cattle. Synonym: Theileria bovis. (05 Mar 2000) |