Clinical and parasitological study of aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Railliet, 1898) infection in cat

Authors

  • Sandra Márcia Tietz Marques Laboratório de Helmintoses, Departamento de Patologia Clínica Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9090, Porto Alegre. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7541-9717
  • Rochana Rodrigues Fett Proprietária do Chaterrie - Hospital do Gato, Rua Doutor Vale, 88, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7469-3223

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62429/rnh20242181806

Keywords:

feces, host-parasite interactions, lung, nematoda, pneumonia, therapeutics

Abstract

A case of pulmonar parasitosis caused by Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in (Railliet, 1898) a adult cat is described, with clinical monitoring, laboratory and imaging test, and treatment for 14 months. During follow-up, the cat presented larvae of A. abstrusus in the Baermann parasitological methods and in the fecal smear with treatments and relapses of the parasite in the exams. Radiographic images showed diffuse opacification of the lung fields with an interstitial pattern, tending to alveolar, with visualization of thickened bronchial walls, related to an inflammatory/infectious process. The persistence of lungworm disease is discussed and the treatment.

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Published

2024-09-18

How to Cite

Marques, S. M. T., & Fett, R. R. . (2024). Clinical and parasitological study of aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Railliet, 1898) infection in cat. Neotropical Helminthology, 2(18). https://doi.org/10.62429/rnh20242181806