DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF AELUROSTRONGYLUS ABSTRUSUSINFESTATION IN CATS - CASE REPORT
Journal: Scientific Papers Journal VETERINARY SERIES
Year: 2023

Studies on Aelurostrongylus abstrusus infestation in domestic cats are limited, both for Europe and globally. Diagnosis is quite laborious and often the infestation is not included in the differential diagnosis of respiratory diseases, a fact which leads to a late diagnosis that endangers the life of the animal, even causing its death. In case of massive infestation, respiratory symptoms are complemented by a diarrhoeal syndrome and anorexia. In June 2023 at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in