Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Birds and Exotic Animals, Division of Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Administration, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Birds and Exotic Animals, Students' Scientific Society EZA, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland.
BMC Vet Res. 2022 Nov 12;18(1):399. doi: 10.1186/s12917-022-03493-0.
Urinary tract infestation by Capillaria spp. in domestic cats is rather rare, but can cause clinical symptoms and affect behaviour. To our knowledge, this report is the first to describe a case of urinary capillariosis in a cat in Poland.
A female formerly stray cat aged about 1.5 years showing dysuria, stranguria, periuria and lethargy was presented at the veterinary clinic. Urinalysis revealed the presence of Capillaria plica eggs in the sediment. The cat was treated successfully with three topical doses of Broadline (Merial, Toulouse, France).
C. plica is a nematode whose definitive hosts are carnivores, which are infected by eating earthworms (the intermediate hosts). Thus, C. plica infestation is more frequent in wild carnivores and dogs, and rare in cats. Symptomatic bladder capillariosis in cats is very rarely diagnosed and described.
毛首线虫属（Capillaria spp.）寄生在猫的泌尿道较为罕见，但可能导致临床症状并影响行为。据我们所知，这是波兰首例猫泌尿道毛首线虫病的报告。
一只约 1.5 岁的雌性流浪猫出现排尿困难、尿急、尿频和嗜睡，被带到兽医诊所。尿液分析显示沉淀物中有毛首线虫（Capillaria plica）卵。该猫经三次梅里亚（Merial，法国图卢兹）的百虫净（Broadline）局部治疗后成功治愈。
毛首线虫是一种线虫，其终末宿主为肉食动物，通过食用蚯蚓（中间宿主）而感染。因此，毛首线虫感染在野生肉食动物和犬中更为常见，在猫中则较为罕见。猫的症状性膀胱毛首线虫病很少被诊断和描述。
