Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat in Peruvian rainforest found with abdominal Dioctophyme worm
By Gomez-Puerta, Luis A et al.·Published in Parasitology international·2021·Laboratorio de Epidemiologia y Economí·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Abdominal dioctophymosis in a domestic cat from the Peruvian rainforest confirmed morphologically and molecularly.
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Plain-English summary
A domestic cat in Peru was found to have a large worm in its abdomen during a routine spay surgery. The worm was identified as a type of nematode called Dioctophyme, which is not commonly seen in cats. This case is notable because it is the first time this type of worm has been genetically analyzed in South America. The cat's health status after the surgery and removal of the worm is not detailed, but typically, removing such parasites can lead to recovery.
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Abstract
A case of abdominal dioctophymosis in a domestic cat was found in San Juan Bautista district, the Peruvian rainforest, in the Loreto department of Peru. The pet went to a veterinary clinic for a routine ovariohysterectomy during which a large nematode was found in the abdominal cavity. The nematode was morphologically identified as an adult female of Dioctophyme sp. A few morphological parameters, such as the vagina distance from the anterior part and the egg size, were different than D. renale. Partial sequences of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox1) and the small subunit 18S ribosomal RNA genes were compared with the references from public sequence database and showed a genetic identifies of 89.25% and 99.65% with D. renale, respectively. This is the first mitochondrial molecular analysis of a Dioctophyme specimen from South America and the results showed up to 12.5% nucleotide sequence variation in cox 1 gene of D. renale.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33878480/