Retrospective study on the occurrence of the feline lungworms Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus spp. in endemic areas of Italy. Issue 2 (February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Di Cesare, Angela; Di Francesco, Gabriella; Frangipane di Regalbono, Antonio; Eleni, Claudia; De Liberato, Claudio; Marruchella, Giuseppe; Iorio, Raffaella; Malatesta, Daniela; Romanucci, Maria Rita; Bongiovanni, Laura; Cassini, Rudi; Traversa, Donato
• Is Part Of: Veterinary journal. Volume 203:Issue 2(2015)
• Page Start: 233
• Page End: 238
• Publication Date: 2015-02
• Subjects: Veterinary medicine -- Periodicals; 636
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.12.010
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1090-0233

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="ab0010"> <title id="st0010">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="sp0010"> <list id="ulist0010"> <list-item id="u0010"> <label></label> <p id="p0010">PCR was used to detect <italic>Aelurostrongylus abstrusus</italic> and <italic>Troglostrongylus brevior</italic> in the lungs of domestic cats.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0015"> <label></label> <p id="p0015"> <italic>A. abstrusus</italic> was the predominant lungworm in cats, while <italic>T. brevior</italic> was present in a small number of cases.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>