Dirofilarioses in two cats in southern Italy
PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH(2021)
摘要
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.
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Dirofilariosis, Heartworm disease, Subcutaneous dirofilariosis, Cat, Case report, Feline dirofilariosis
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