Feline or canine haemoplasmosis is a disease caused by a parasitic bacterium of the Mycoplasma genus. The infection can result in severe, sometimes fatal, haemolytic anaemia in some individuals although others may develop only mild symptoms.
To date, it is difficult to define precisely how the disease is transmitted. However, fleas, ticks, bites or blood transfusions are considered as possible routes of transmission. Several factors appear to increase the risk of infection by haemotropic Mycoplasma species or aggravate the disease such as sex, age, lack of pedigree, outdoor access, injuries, retroviral infection (FeLV or FIV seropositivity), …