Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Bari, Italy.
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.
Parasitol Res. 2021 Dec;120(12):4247-4251. doi: 10.1007/s00436-021-07127-6. Epub 2021 Mar 23.
Two cats infected by Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens, respectively, were taken to two different private practitioners for a clinical examination. The analyses conducted on the first cat revealed a microfilaraemia due to D. repens of 66 mfs/mL by a modified Knott's test. No clinical signs of D. repens infection were observed in the cat. The animal was euthanised because of a lymphoma condition, and two adult females of D. repens were found in the subcutaneous tissue of the lumbar and left scapular regions at the post-mortem examination. The second cat showed severe abnormalities in the white blood cells, including eosinophil count. Microfilariae of D. immitis were detected in the blood smear, with an average length (n = 2) of 296.2 μm. These clinical cases represent the first reports of feline dirofilarioses in southern Italy and are indicative of a common occurrence of dirofilarial infection in the local canine population.
两只分别感染犬恶丝虫和猫恶丝虫的猫被带到两位不同的私人医生那里进行临床检查。对第一只猫进行的分析显示，改良 Knott 试验检测出犬恶丝虫微丝蚴血症，浓度为 66 mfs/mL。该猫未出现感染猫恶丝虫的临床症状。由于淋巴瘤，该动物被安乐死，在尸检时于腰区和左肩胛区皮下组织发现两条成年雌性猫恶丝虫。第二只猫的白细胞，包括嗜酸性粒细胞计数严重异常。在血涂片上检测到犬恶丝虫微丝蚴，平均长度（n=2）为 296.2μm。这些临床病例代表了意大利南部首例猫恶丝虫病报告，表明当地犬种群中普遍存在犬恶丝虫感染。
