Table 1.

Origin, sex and age of the European wild cats (Felis silvestris silvestris) collected in this study. Only tissues tested by both PCR and histopathology are included in the table.

ID No.	Location in Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sex	Age	Heart		Lung		Spleen		Skeletal muscle		Species
				Histology	PCR	Histology	PCR	Histology	PCR	Histology	PCR
53/11	Goražde	F	adult	–	neg	–	neg	–	N/A	–	N/A	Negative
382/15	Bosanski Petrovac	M	adult	–	neg	–	neg	–	neg	–	neg	Negative
431/15	Gornji Vakuf	F	adult	–	pos	–	N/A	–	N/A	–	N/A	Hepatozoon silvestris sp.nov.
115A/16	Bosanski Petrovac	F	adult	–	pos	–	neg	–	pos	–	neg	H. silvestris sp.nov.
115B/16	Bosanski Petrovac	M	adult	–	neg	–	neg	–	neg	–	N/A	Negative
115C/16	Bosanski Petrovac	M	adult	–	neg	–	pos	–	neg	–	neg	H. silvestris sp.nov.
115D/16	Bosanski Petrovac	F	adult	+	pos	–	pos	–	N/A	+	pos	H. silvestris sp.nov.
152/16	Bihać	M	adult	+a	pos	–	pos	–a	pos	–	neg	H. silvestris sp.nov.
170/16	Odžak	F	adult	+++	pos	+++	pos	+a	pos	+	pos	Hepatozoon felis

N/A, not applicable, because tissue was not collected; PCR: pos, positive; neg, negative.

Histopathology: (−) negative, (+) mild, (++) moderate, (+++) severe degree of infection according to Kubo et al. (2006).

^atissue samples positive by cytology.