| use of a commercial serologic test for angiostrongylus vasorum for the detection of a. chabaudi in wildcats and a. daskalovi in badgers. | three species of the genus angiostrongylus are known to infect european carnivores: a. vasorum (mainly in canids but also in other carnivores), a. chabaudi (in felids) and a. daskalovi (in mustelids). a. vasorum is responsible for clinically severe disease in domestic dogs, most commonly diagnosed based on fecal examination and serological detection of circulating antigens. considering the poorly known host range and the challenging larval differentiation in the feces between the three species o ... | 2017 | 28043379 |
| larval development of angiostrongylus chabaudi, the causative agent of feline angiostrongylosis, in the snail cornu aspersum. | nematodes of the angiostrongylidae family, such as angiostrongylus vasorum and angiostrongylus cantonensis, may cause potentially life-threatening diseases in several mammal species. alongside these well-known species, angiostrongylus chabaudi has been recently found affecting the cardiopulmonary system of domestic and wild cats from italy, germany, greece, romania and bulgaria. nonetheless, significant gaps in the understanding of a. chabaudi epidemiology include the lack of information of spec ... | 2017 | 28805181 |
| angiostrongylus chabaudi biocca, 1957: a new parasite for domestic cats? | natural infection with a species of angiostrongylus has been reported only once in wildcats from central italy by biocca in 1957. the causative species of this infection was identified as angiostrongylus chabaudi. following this report, this parasite had never been found in either wild or domestic cats. | 2014 | 25515026 |
| occurrence of lungworms in european wildcats (felis silvestris silvestris) of central italy. | the increasing focus on infections in domestic cats ( felis catus ) has raised questions about lungworm distribution in wild hosts. to enhance knowledge of the occurrence of lungworms in enzootic regions of central italy, we examined the carcasses of 16 european wildcats ( felis silvestris silvestris). adult nematodes, feces, respiratory flushings, and pulmonary tissues were collected at necropsy and then microscopically and genetically analyzed. fourteen wildcats had single or mixed lungworm sp ... | 2016 | 26967134 |
| angiostrongylus chabaudi (biocca, 1957) in wildcat (felis silvestris silvestris, s) from romania. | angiostrongylus chabaudi is a rare cardio-pulmonary nematode infecting felids. although almost 60 years have passed since the original description of the species in italy, this parasite has been seldom found in domestic and wildcats in southern europe. the present study aims to report a new case of patent a. chabaudi infection in a road-killed wildcat from maramureș county in northern romania. the necropsy revealed the presence of parasites in the pulmonary arteries and the right ventricle, and ... | 2016 | 27106235 |
| first evidence of the european wildcat (felis silvestris silvestris) as definitive host of angiostrongylus chabaudi. | angiostrongylus chabaudi (strongylida, angiostrongylidae) is a parasitic nematode described for the first time last century from the pulmonary arteries of six european wildcats (felis silvestris silvestris) in central italy. since then, this parasite remained practically unknown until recently, when immature a. chabaudi have been reported from one wildcat in germany and two domestic cats (felis silvestris catus) in italy. the present report describes the first record of a. chabaudi in greece and ... | 2016 | 26637312 |