Stepanović P, Despotović D, Dimitrijević S, Ilić T
Department for equine, small animal, poultry and wild animal diseases, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bul. Oslobodjenja 18,11000 Beograd, Serbia.
PI Veterinary Institute of the Republic of Srpska ''Dr. Vaso Butozan'' 78000 Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska.
Helminthologia. 2020 Nov 19;57(4):322-334. doi: 10.2478/helm-2020-0046. eCollection 2020 Dec.
Respiratory capillariosis is a widely distributed zoonotic parasitic disease caused by the nematode (Trichocephalida, Trichuridae) that commonly infects wild carnivores but also cats and dogs. This retrospective study aims to describe cases of respiratory capillariosis in cats from the city of Belgrade, Serbia. Between 2015 and 2019, a total of 155 pet cats with or without respiratory symptoms were submitted to physical examination and parasitological examination of the feces. All cats lived indoor but had free access to outdoor. In suburban settlements, wild carnivores commonly share their living environments with owned cats and dogs. It can be assumed that more intense urbanization spreading into the natural habitats of will carnivores creates the opportunity for closer and more frequent contacts between the population of cats and feral carnivores which might increase the risk of feline contamination. The findings confirm the existence of capillaries in cats in urban areas of the city of Belgrade, contribute to a better understanding of the epidemiology of this nematode and warn that, because of close contacts between cats of pets and humans, capillaries can cause human infection.
呼吸道毛细线虫病是一种广泛分布的人畜共患寄生虫病，由线虫（毛首目，鞭虫科）引起，该线虫通常感染野生食肉动物，但也会感染猫和狗。这项回顾性研究旨在描述塞尔维亚贝尔格莱德市猫的呼吸道毛细线虫病病例。2015年至2019年期间，共有155只出现或未出现呼吸道症状的宠物猫接受了体格检查和粪便寄生虫学检查。所有猫都生活在室内，但可以自由出入室外。在郊区定居点，野生食肉动物通常与家养的猫和狗共享生活环境。可以推测，向野生食肉动物自然栖息地蔓延的更强烈的城市化进程为家猫种群与野生食肉动物之间更密切、更频繁的接触创造了机会，这可能会增加猫受感染的风险。这些发现证实了贝尔格莱德市市区猫体内存在毛细线虫，有助于更好地了解这种线虫的流行病学，并警告说，由于宠物猫与人类的密切接触，毛细线虫可导致人类感染。
