U.S. Department of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Date of this Version
9-2012
Citation
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 50(9) September 2012, p. 3080–3083
Abstract
We analyzed Lynx rufus fecal parasites from California and Colorado, hypothesizing that bobcats shed zoonotic parasites around human landscapes. Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium, Ancylostoma, Uncinaria, and Toxocara cati were shed. Toxoplasma gondii serology demonstrated exposure. Giardia and Cryptosporidium shedding increased near large human populations. Genotyped Giardia may indicate indirect transmission with humans.