Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, AC, Brasil.
Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Teramo, Abruzzo, Italia.
Rev Bras Parasitol Vet. 2022 Sep 30;31(4):e008622. doi: 10.1590/S1984-29612022053. eCollection 2022.
Aelurostrongylosis, caused by the metastrongylid nematode Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, is an underestimated feline respiratory disease. Cats infected by A. abstrusus may show subclinical to severe clinical signs. Aelurostrongylus abstrusus has a worldwide distribution. Nevertheless, studies on this parasite in Brazil are scarce, and most have been conducted in the southern regions. This study investigated the occurrence of A. abstrusus in cats in Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil, from April 2020 to February 2021. Three consecutive individual fecal samples from 101 cats were examined using Baermann and Hoffman tests. Two cats (1.98%) scored positive for A. abstrusus, one with the Baermann examination, and one with the Hoffman technique. No other lungworms were retrieved. The clinicopathological and epizootiological implications are described and discussed.
猫弓首蛔虫病由弓首蛔虫属的旋尾线虫引起，是一种被低估的猫呼吸道疾病。感染 A. abstrusus 的猫可能表现出亚临床到严重的临床症状。A. abstrusus 分布于全球。然而，巴西对这种寄生虫的研究很少，而且大多数研究都集中在南部地区。本研究调查了 2020 年 4 月至 2021 年 2 月巴西朗多尼亚州维利尼亚的猫中 A. abstrusus 的发生情况。使用贝曼和霍夫曼试验检查了 101 只猫的连续三个单独粪便样本。两只猫（1.98%）对 A. abstrusus 呈阳性，一只用贝曼检查，一只用霍夫曼技术。未检出其他肺线虫。描述和讨论了临床病理和流行病学意义。
