MU veterinarian devises drug therapy for 'bobcat fever'

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 | 8:33 p.m. CDT; updated 10:34 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, April 18, 2012

COLUMBIA — Leah Cohn, professor of veterinary internal medicine, and Adam Birkenheuer, of North Carolina State University, have discovered a drug combination that effectively treats cytauxzoonosis, or "bobcat fever," a fatal tick-borne disease affecting domestic cats.

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