Sobral Maria Cirlene Gomes de Oliveira, Sousa Sebastiana Adriana Pereira, Ribeiro Taiã Mairon Peixoto, Galvão Samara Rocha, Santos Ruth Martins, Silva Ronaira Assunção da, Reis Thássia Silva, Dias Francisca Elda Ferreira, Santos Helcileia Dias
Programa de Pós-graduação em Sanidade Animal e Saúde Pública nos Trópicos, Escola de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Tocantins - UFT, Campus de Araguaína, Araguaína, TO, Brasil.
Cursos de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará - UNIFESSPA, Xinguara, PA, Brasil.
Rev Bras Parasitol Vet. 2019 Oct-Dec;28(4):786-789. doi: 10.1590/S1984-29612019070.
Platynosomiasis is a hepatopathy caused by Platynosomum illiciens(= P. fastosum) (Trematoda: Dicrocoelidae), which occurs mainly in domestic and wild cats in tropical and subtropical areas. The objective of this study was to verify the occurrence of P. illiciens infection in domestic cats in the city of Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil, using necropsy and coproparasitological tests. Additionally, we aimed to evaluate the use of two different techniques to diagnose P. illiciens infection in domestic cats and verify whether this parasitism was associated with individual feline characteristics. For this, 54 cats of different ages were analyzed. The percentage of infection was 33.3% (CI = 21.1-47.5%), parasite load was 9-509, mean intensity was 151.7, and mean abundance was 50.5 trematodes per animal. The risk of infection was higher for females than for males (OR = 5.00; P = 0.017). The spontaneous sedimentation coproparasitological test demonstrated the greatest sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing P. illiciens. This study is the first to report the occurrence of P. illiciens in cats in the state of Tocantins, northern Brazil.
狸殖吸虫病是由狸殖吸虫（= 迅猛狸殖吸虫）（吸虫纲：双腔科）引起的一种肝病，主要发生在热带和亚热带地区的家猫和野猫身上。本研究的目的是通过尸检和粪便寄生虫学检测，验证巴西托坎廷斯州阿拉瓜伊纳市家猫中狸殖吸虫感染的情况。此外，我们旨在评估两种不同技术在诊断家猫狸殖吸虫感染中的应用，并验证这种寄生虫感染是否与猫的个体特征有关。为此，我们分析了54只不同年龄的猫。感染率为33.3%（置信区间 = 21.1 - 47.5%），寄生虫负荷为9 - 509，平均强度为151.7，每只动物的平均丰度为50.5条吸虫。雌性猫的感染风险高于雄性猫（比值比 = 5.00；P = 0.017）。自发沉淀粪便寄生虫学检测在诊断狸殖吸虫方面表现出最高的敏感性和特异性。本研究首次报告了在巴西北部托坎廷斯州的猫中存在狸殖吸虫。
