POX INFECTION IN A CAT - CASE-REPORT

A therapy-resistant skin lesion at a fore paw of a domestic cat was di agnosed as a catpox infection by the means of a pathohistologic examin ation of skin biopsy specimens. After treatment with paraimmunity-indu cers and antibiotics the paw healed completely after six weeks. Differ ent courses of disease, possibilities of diagnosis and therapy are dis cussed. The importance of catpox infection as a zoonosis as well as th e duly of notifying for the veterinarian is pointed out.