Feline Lungworm: Aelurostrongylus abstrusus

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definitive host?

cats

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location?

Terminal bronchioles and alveolar ducts of lungs

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Indirect or direct

indirect

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Intermediate host

Snails and slugs

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Paramedic host

Birds, frogs, lizards and rodents

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egg type

ovoviviparous, spiruroid

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infective stage to definitive host

L3

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Diagnosis

Larvae

  1. baerman

  2. fecal

  3. sputum from TTW


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treatment

fenbenzadole, ivermectin

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zoonotic?

no

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Clinical signs

Asymptomatic, chronic weight loss, pulmonary consolidation, death