Report of Dirofilaria immitis infection with acute cardiopulmonary complications in a cat from Northeastern Brazil

Marcela Figuerêdo Duarte Moraes; Andressa de Souza Pollo; Kayana Cunha Marques; Rayr César de Souza Góis; Mirlla Baracho Ferreira; Alessandra Moreira da  Silva; Rivaldo Bruno Medeiros de Lucena; Jael Soares  Batista; Kilder Filgueira; Fábio Parra Sellera; Archivaldo Reche-Júnior; Estevam Guilherme Lux  Hoppe

Report of Dirofilaria immitis infection with acute cardiopulmonary complications in a cat from Northeastern Brazil

2021

Dirofilariasis is a zoonotic disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis, a nematode found mainly in the pulmonary artery and right chambers of the heart, lungs, and large vessels of dogs. This parasitism also occasionally occurs in cats, causing an amicrofilaremic and asymptomatic infection, resulting in severe illness and rapid death. In this case report, it was described acute clinical signs and histopathological alterations in a domestic cat with heartworm disease from the city of Mossoró, the Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The nematode species, D. immitis, was confirmed by morphological and molecular analyses. This is the first documented and full report of feline heartworm disease in northeastern Brazil.

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