کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5797614 | 1111756 | 2015 | 6 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

- PCR was used to detect Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior in the lungs of domestic cats.
- A.âabstrusus was the predominant lungworm in cats, while T.âbrevior was present in a small number of cases.
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is a metastrongyloid nematode infesting the respiratory system of domestic cats worldwide. Troglostrongylus brevior and Troglostrongylus subcrenatus, two lungworms thought to infest wild felids, have been found recently in domestic cats from Spain and Italy. These unexpected findings have raised doubts about the assumed past and present occurrence of Troglostrongylus spp., especially T.âbrevior, in domestic hosts and suggest that there may have been missed detection or misdiagnosis. The present retrospective study evaluated the presence of lungworms in cats from Italy with a diagnosis of respiratory parasitism or with compatible lung lesions from 2002 to 2013. Sixty-eight samples of DNA and larvae from cats with a diagnosis of aelurostrongylosis, and 53 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded lung samples from cats confirmed as lungworm infested or with compatible lesions, were investigated using two DNA-based assays specific for A.âabstrusus or T.âbrevior. All DNA and larval samples were positive for A.âabstrusus and one was additionally positive for T.âbrevior. Most paraffin-embedded lung tissues were positive only for A.âabstrusus, but two samples tested positive for both lungworms and one for T.âbrevior only. This study supports the major role of A.âabstrusus in causing feline respiratory parasitism in endemic areas of Italy.
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Journal: The Veterinary Journal - Volume 203, Issue 2, February 2015, Pages 233-238