Dirofilarioses in two cats in southern Italy.
Case report
Cat
Dirofilariosis
Feline dirofilariosis
Heartworm disease
Subcutaneous dirofilariosis
Journal
Parasitology research
ISSN: 1432-1955
Titre abrégé: Parasitol Res
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8703571
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
Historique:
received:
11
11
2020
accepted:
15
03
2021
pubmed:
24
3
2021
medline:
26
11
2021
entrez:
23
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33754191
doi: 10.1007/s00436-021-07127-6
pii: 10.1007/s00436-021-07127-6
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
4247-4251Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
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