ArticleParasitology research2016
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in wild felids of South Africa.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Who let the cats out? A global meta-analysis on risk of parasitic infection in indoor versus outdoor domestic cats ( Felis catus).Biology letters · 2019Pooled it
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- Survey of Gastrointestinal Parasites and Lungworms in Cats and Dogs from Terceira and São Miguel Islands, Azores.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Metastrongyloid Infection withAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- The Influence of Temperature on the Larval Development ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Endoparasites of European Wildcats (Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Felid Cardiopulmonary Nematodes: Dilemmas Solved and New Questions Posed.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- African Lions and Zoonotic Diseases: Implications for Commercial Lion Farms in South Africa.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Review
- Efficacy of imidacloprid 10%/moxidectin 1% spot-on formulation (Advocate®) in the prevention and treatment of feline aelurostrongylosis.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
- Mitochondrial haplotypes of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior (Nematoda, Metastrongyloidea) from domestic and wild felids.Parasitology research · 2017Article
- Updates on feline aelurostrongylosis and research priorities for the next decade.Parasites & vectors · 2016Review
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Abstract
The increasing interest on respiratory nematodes of domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) has recently stimulated several studies on their epidemiology and geographic distribution. At the same time, there are still important gaps in our knowledge of the infections caused by respiratory nematodes in wild felids. The present study investigated the occurrence of pulmonary parasites in wild hosts housed in sanctuaries and protected areas of South Africa. Faecal samples collected from seven species of wild felids living in three study sites were copromicroscopically and genetically examined. Of twenty-one samples six, i.e. three from caracals (Caracal caracal), two from lions (Panthera leo) and one from a serval (Leptailurus serval), scored positive for the metastrongyloid Aelurostrongylus abstrusus at copromicroscopic and/or molecular tests. No other lungworms were recorded. The occurrence of the cosmopolitan cat lungworm A. abstrusus in wild hosts has been so far questioned. Importantly, the present findings represent an unequivocal evidence of the capability of A. abstrusus to infect some species of wild felids. Further studies are warranted to understand the epidemiological patterns of lungworms in wild and domestic felids, and to better investigate the impact of these parasitoses on health and welfare of wild animals.
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