Difference between revisions of "Aelurostrongylus abstrusus"

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The cat lungworm - a typical metastrongyloid.
Adults are small (approximately 1cm), and live in the lung parenchyma and small bronchioles.
Life-Cycle:

→ L1 with kinky tail in faeces

→ mollusc intermediate host

→ cat infected either by eating an infected mollusc, or by eating a paratenic host that has eaten an infected mollusc

Infections often asymptomatic, but can cause serious respiratory problems, especially in immunocompromised cats.

Often asymptomatic; serious respiratory problems usually due to deficient immunity.
Prognosis poor.
Post mortem examination reveals greenish nodules in lungs.
Histopathology diferentiates these from tuberculosis.

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 → cat infected '''either''' by eating an infected mollusc, '''or''' by eating a paratenic host that has eaten an infected mollusc
-*Infections often asymptomatic, but can cause serious respiratory problems, especially in immunocompromised cats.[[Category:Metastrongyloidea]][[Category:Cat_Nematodes]]
+*Infections often asymptomatic, but can cause serious respiratory problems, especially in immunocompromised cats.
+=== Aelurostrongylosis ===
+*Often asymptomatic; serious respiratory problems usually due to deficient immunity.
+*Prognosis poor.
+*Post mortem examination reveals greenish nodules in lungs.
+*Histopathology diferentiates these from tuberculosis.
+[[Category:Metastrongyloidea]][[Category:Cat_Nematodes]]