Abstract
The origins of the domestic cat are unknown. However, mummified cats have been found in the treasure rooms of the Egyptian pyramids and their images inscribed in the royal hieroglyphics. The genis Felis includes both the modern domestic house cat as well as the puma, cougar, golden cats, jaguarundi, ocelot, serval, lynx, and bobcat. Today, it is estimated that more than 56 million cats are kept as household pets in the United States and that 30.5% of households own cats (1–3). There are numerous diseases which may be transmitted from cats to humans or that cats and people acquire from common sources (2), some of which are described in this chapter. However, it is likely that the domestic cat may act as a reservoir to many other zoonoses that are as yet unrecognized.
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Goldstein, E.J.C., Greene, C.E. (1994). Around Cats. In: Schlossberg, D. (eds) Infections of Leisure. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2588-1_8
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