Transmammary transmission of Troglostrongylus brevior feline lungworm: a lesson from our gardens.

ABSTRACT: Feline lungworms such as Aerulostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior are snail-borne pathogens causing respiratory disease in domestic cats. Paratenic hosts such as rodents and reptiles have also been implicated in the epidemiology of these parasites. Although A. abstrusus has been recognized for a long time as the most prevalent lungworm among cats worldwide, T. brevior is of major concern in kittens. Bearing in mind that disease due to T. brevior occurs mainly in pediatric patients younger than 6 months of age, the diagnosis of this parasite in two kittens presenting severe respiratory disease from the garden of one of the authors inspired us to investigate the potential routes of transmission for T. brevior in domestic cats. Of the three queens (A, B and C) that delivered ki

SUBMITTER: Bezerra-Santos MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7428694 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature