Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5803489 | Veterinary Parasitology | 2013 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The cat lungworm Aelurostrongylus abstrusus affects the domestic cats and other felids all over the world. Feline aelurostrongylosis is of importance in clinical feline medicine. Snails and slugs are the intermediate hosts, but the cat is probably infected by eating paratenic hosts, e.g., rodents, birds, amphibians and reptiles. Herein we present the first finding of A. abstrusus in a naturally infected invasive synantropic slugs Arion lusitanicus (intermediate host) and wild living rodents Apodemus agrarius (paratenic host). The results confirm the usefulness of molecular approaches for investigating the biology, ecology and epidemiology of A. abstrusus, the agent of feline aelurostrongylosis.
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Authors
Witold Jeżewski, Katarzyna BuÅkowska-Gawlik, Joanna Hildebrand, Agnieszka Perec-Matysiak, ZdzisÅaw Laskowski,