Wearecommittedtocaringforyourpet–whilemaintainingthehighestlevelofsafetyforourAssociatesandpetowners.Wethankyouforyourcontinuedpatienceandsupport. Learnmore aboutourCOVID-19responseandguidelines.ReadMoreWhatisfelinechlamydialconjunctivitis?Felinechlamydialconjunctivitisisaninfectioncausedbyabacterialorganism(calledChlamydophilafelis).Themostcommonsignsofchlamydiaincatsinvolvetheeyesortheupperrespiratorytract(noseorthroat),andonlywheninfectionisnottreateddoesitspreadtothelungs.Thisbacteriahasalsobeenreportedtoinfectthegenitaltractandjoints.Howdoesacatbecomeinfectedwith chlamydial?Becausechlamydialivesinsidecellsofthebodyandisnotabletosurviveforlongintheenvironment,spreadofinfectionreliesondirectorclosecontactwithaninfectedcat.Followinginfection,theincubationperiod(thetimebetweeninfectionanddevelopmentofclinicalsignsofdisease)isbetweenthreeandtendays.Whichcatsaremostatriskforthisdisease?Youngcatsandkittensareespeciallyvulnerabletothisinfection,althoughchlamydiacanbedetectedincatsofallages.Itisoneofthemostcommoncausesofinfectiousconjunctivitisincats.Whatclinicalsignsdoesacatinfectedwith chlamydiadevelop?Thebacteriaprimarilyinfectstheconjunctiva,whicharethedelicatemembranesliningtheeyelidsandcoveringtheedgesoftheeyeballs.Theinfectioncausesinflammationknownasconjunctivitis.Innormalcats,theconjunctivaisnotreadilyvisibleandhasapale,salmonpinkcolor.Incatswithconjunctivitis,theconjunctivabecomesswollenandred,makingitmorevisible.Thenictitatingmembraneorthirdeyelidintheinnercorneroftheeyemayprotrudepartiallyacrosstheeye.Oneorbotheyesmaybeinvolved.Affectedcatsinitiallydevelopawaterydischargefromtheeyesthatquicklybecomesthickerandisusuallyayelloworgreenishcolor.Theeyesareuncomfortableandcatsoftenkeeptheaffectedeye(s)closed.Manycatsremainbrightandotherwiseappearnormal,butsomemaydevelopafeverorlosetheirappetite.Afteroneortwodays,snifflesandsneezingmayalsooccur.Inkittens,theinfectionmayspreadtothelungsandcauseafatalpneumonia."Affectedcatsinitiallydevelopawaterydischargefromtheeyest

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ChlamydiafelisFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchSpeciesofbacteriumChlamydiafelisScientificclassificationDomain:BacteriaPhylum:ChlamydiaeClass:ChlamydiaeOrder:ChlamydialesFamily:ChlamydiaceaeGenus:ChlamydiaSpecies:C. felisBinomialnameChlamydiafelisEverettetal.,1999[1]Chlamydiafelis(formerlyChlamydophilafelisandbeforethatChlamydiapsittacivar.felis)isaGram-negative,obligateintracellularbacterialpathogenthatinfectscats.[2]Itisendemicamongdomesticcatsworldwide,primarilycausinginflammationoffelineconjunctiva,rhinitisandrespiratoryproblems.C.feliscanberecoveredfromthestomachandreproductivetract.ZoonoticinfectionofhumanswithC.felishasbeenreported.StrainsFPPringandFPCellohaveanextrachromosomalplasmid,whereastheFPBakerstraindoesnot.FPCelloproduceslethaldiseaseinmice,whereastheFPBakerdoesnot.AnattenuatedFPBakerstrain,andanattenuated905strain,areusedaslivevaccinesforcats.Contents1TaxonomyandPhylogeny2Discovery3Characterization3.1Metabolism3.2Genome3.3Ecology3.3.1Disease4Significance4.1ZoonoticPotential4.2CatHealth4.3Adoption4.4EconomicImpact5Seealso6References7Furtherreading8ExternallinksTaxonomyandPhylogeny[edit]ThegenusChlamydiacontainsthespeciesC.trachomatis,C.psittaci,C.abortus,C.felis,C.muridarum,C.suis,C.caviae,C.pecorum,andC.pneumoniae.[3]However,thereissomedisputethatsomeofthesespecies,includingC.felis,shouldbeclassifiedinaseparategenus,Chlamydophila,butthishasnotbeenwidelyaccepted.[3]C.felisiscloselyrelatedtoC.pneumoniae(causespneumoniainhumans),C.trachomatis(causesChlamydiainhumans),andC.muridarum(causespneumoniainmice).[2]C.pneumoniaeshares879orthologs,genesthatcomefromacommonancestor,withC.feliswhileC.trachomatisandC.muridariumbothshare841orthologswithC.felis.[2]AllChlamydiaspeciesareGram-negative,obligateintracellularpathogenswithtwodistinctlifestages(seeCharacterization)thatareabletoinfectawiderangeofmammalsandbirdsaroundtheworld.[3][2]Discovery[edit]JamesA.BakerpublishedthefindingofChlamydiafelis(knownasChlamydophilafelisatthetime)in194