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'''Fenbendazole''' for 21 consecutive days is usually effective.  

'''Fenbendazole''' for 21 consecutive days is usually effective.  

'''Imidacloprid with moxidectin''', '''emodepsid''', and '''selamectin are also effective''' according to Sandra Sawchuk's capsule report "Best Practices for Lungworm Prevention & Treatment" in Clinician's Brief (volume 12 number 1, January 2014, p 54), which reviews a selamectin lungworm efficacy study. (<ref>Iannino F, Iannetti L, Paganico D, et al. Evaluation of the efficacy of selamectin spot-on in cats infested with Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Strongylida, Filariodidae) in a Central Italy cat shelter. Vet Parasitol 2013;197:258-262.</ref> [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23743419 PubMed link ])  

'''Imidacloprid with moxidectin''', '''emodepsid''', and '''selamectin are also effective''' according to Sandra Sawchuk's capsule report <ref>Sawchuk, S (2014) Best Practices for Lungworm Prevention & Treatment in Clinician's Brief, volume 12 number 1, January 2014, p 54</ref>, which reviews a selamectin lungworm efficacy study.<ref>Iannino F, Iannetti L, Paganico D, et al. Evaluation of the efficacy of selamectin spot-on in cats infested with ''Aelurostrongylus abstrusus'' (Strongylida, Filariodidae) in a Central Italy cat shelter. ''Vet Parasitol'' 2013;197:258-262. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23743419 PubMed link ]</ref> )  

Ivermectin has also been used in some cases.

Ivermectin has also been used in some cases.

'''Control''' is only by prevention of hunting by cats.

'''Control''' is only by prevention of hunting by cats.

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==References==

==References==

 

Bowman, D. (2002) '''Feline Clinical Parasitology''' ''Wiley-Blackwell''

* Bowman, D. (2002) '''Feline Clinical Parasitology''' ''Wiley-Blackwell''