Occurrence of Thelazia callipaeda in cats - case report
2016
Marčić, Doroteja (Scientific Veterinary Institute Novi Sad, Novi Sad (Serbia)) | Pavlović, Ivan (Institute of Veterinary Medicine of Serbia, Belgrade (Serbia)) | Prodanov-Radulović, Jasna (Scientific Veterinary Institute Novi Sad, Novi Sad (Serbia)) | Stojanov, Igor (Scientific Veterinary Institute Novi Sad, Novi Sad (Serbia)) | Pušić, Ivan (Scientific Veterinary Institute Novi Sad, Novi Sad (Serbia))
Th elazia callipaeda is a vector-borne zoonotic nematode, a parasite of the conjunctival sac in domestic and wild carnivores (dogs, cats, foxes and wolves) as well as in humans. Over the last decade, the infection with that particular Spirudida in dogs and cats has increased in many European countries, including the Balkans. During the last few years, the infection with this parasite in dogs and foxes has also been detected in Serbia. Th e fi rst cases of cat infection were detected during 2015 in Belgrade and later in other parts of Serbia. In this paper we present a case report of cat infec- tion with T. callipaeda. Adult nematodes were retrieved from the conjunc- tival sacs of cats during control at the local veterinary ambulance. In total, we extracted 17 adult worms, 11 females and 6 males. Key
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