Prevalence of Platynosomum fastosum infection in free roaming cats in northeastern Brazil: Fluke burden and grading of lesions
| Autor: | Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti, John Allyson Andrade Oliveira, Roberta da Rocha Braga, André Costa Teixeira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Male medicine.medical_specialty 040301 veterinary sciences Liver Diseases Parasitic Gallbladder disease Gallbladder Diseases Trematode Infections Biology Cat Diseases Parasite load Gastroenterology 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences Liver disease Cholestasis Internal medicine medicine Prevalence Animals CATS General Veterinary Bile duct Gallbladder 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine 030108 mycology & parasitology medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Cholecystitis Cats Parasitology Female Trematoda Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary parasitology. 227 |
| ISSN: | 1873-2550 |
| Popis: | The objective of this paper was to investigate prevalence and parasite load of the trematode Platynosomum fastosum infection and the risk of developing cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis among infected domestic cats in a city of northeastern Brazil, and to characterize the influence of fluke burden in the formation of lesions in liver and gallbladder. A total of 141 cats was necropsied and examined for the presence of P. fastosum. The observed prevalence was 42.6% (60/141, 95% CI=34.2-50.9). Parasite load varied from 1 to 219 flukes per animal. Adult cats were more frequently infected than kittens (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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