The Romans believed that cats could see ghosts. In Aztec and Mayan folklore, cats were esteemed as guides to the underworld. For the Greeks, cats shared a cosmic connection with the lunar cycle. In ...

About 15.7 million cats live in German households. Sleeping together in bed, cuddling, or getting a small scratch during play is part of everyday life for many owners. While these interactions are ...

Be wary of what gets searched when looking up Ted Nugent's "Cat Scratch Fever," which wasn't only the title of his charting track, but also of a very rare disease. After the rock band the Amboy Dukes ...

A Riverhead woman is being treated for tularemia, the rare disease known as rabbit fever, after being bitten by her cat, an infectious disease doctor at Peconic Bay Medical Center said Wednesday. The ...

Cats with outdoor access are at risk of a deadly tick-borne illness, and it's been found in the Kansas City area. The Pet Resource Center of Kansas City is warning cat owners about bobcat fever, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Veterinarians in the Kansas City metro are urging cat owners to act quickly as cases of a deadly tick-borne disease known as bobcat fever appear to be on the rise. The Pet ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City animal hospital is warning cat owners to take extra precautions against a rare but often deadly tick-borne disease after one of its patients died. Veterinarians from ...

Oklahoma veterinarians are warning cat owners to take precautions against Bobcat fever after a cat in the Oklahoma City area recently died from the tick-borne disease. Veterinarians say cases of ...

A deadly tick-borne disease known as bobcat fever is becoming more common in Oklahoma cats, and veterinarians say many pet owners do not recognize the symptoms until it is too late. One Oklahoma City ...

Domestic cats exposed to the outdoors are at a high risk for an infection that can be fatal if not diagnosed and treated quickly. Cytauxzoonosis felis, also known as Bobcat fever, is a protozoal ...

Cases of a once-rare bacterial disease have been on the rise in South Texas over the last several years and now researchers with Texas A&M University have formally linked the illness to flea-infested ...