Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with lung worm infection showing bronchoconstriction detected
By L. García-Guasch et al.·2018·View original on Semantic Scholar →
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Original publication title: First case reported of bronchoconstriction in feline aelurostrongylosis by using barometric whole-body plethysmography
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Plain-English summary
A cat with respiratory issues was found to have bronchoconstriction due to an infection with Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, a type of lungworm. The cat showed non-specific symptoms that could easily be confused with other respiratory diseases, making diagnosis challenging. Researchers used a special breathing test to measure how the infection affected the cat's airways. This study is the first to show that lungworm infection can lead to significant breathing problems in cats. Treatment for the infection typically involves deworming medications, which can help alleviate the symptoms.
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Abstract
Pol. Ind. Molí dels Frares, B-27 08620 Sant Vicens dels Horts (Barcelona), Spain. E-mail: laingarcia@gmail.com Date of initial submission: 26.03.2014 Date of revised submission: 18.06.2014 Date of acceptance: 27.06.2014 ABSTRACT. Symptomatic cats infected by Aelurostrongylus abstrusus show non-specific and respiratory clinical signs, often misdiagnosed as other diseases more prevalent among feline population, such as allergic respiratory disease or heartworm associated respiratory disease (HARD). Clinical signs are due to the pulmonary inflammatory response caused by the eggs shed by the adult females and the migration of the first-stage larvae up the bronchial tree. Barometric whole-body plethysmography (BWBP) is a non-invasive pulmonary function test that allows a dynamic study of breathing patterns by placing the patient within an unrestrained Plexiglas chamber. This is the first report that determines the degree of bronchoconstriction caused by A. abstrusus infection in a cat by using BWBP, showing an increase of baseline measurements of bronchoconstriction indexes (Enhanced pause and Pause) in response to severe bronchial reactivity, a consequence of the airway inflammation caused by the presence of A. abstrusus.
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Search related cases →Original publication on Semantic Scholar: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/d0cfd026df79dab54423f9b4d8847b9415e652da