We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
Pneumonia by Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in a Leopardus tigrinus: Case study.
- Authors
Rincón-Alarcón, Diego F.; Doncel, Benjamín; Cortés-Vecino, Jesús A.
- Abstract
Anamnesis: A polytraumatized wild oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus) was admitted to the Unidad de Rehabilitación y Rescate de Animales Silvestres (URRAS) veterinary clinic of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Despite the medical efforts, the animal died six hours later. Clinical and laboratory findings: Necropsy examination revealed multiple white nodules of about 2 mm in diameter distributed on the visceral surface of lung caudal lobes. Histopathology revealed lymphoplasmacytic interstitial pneumonia with multiple coiled larvae of metastrongyloid nematodes in alveoli and bronchioles. First-stage Aelurostrongylus abstrusus nematode was identified in a fecal sample using the Ritchie copromicroscopic technique. Conclusion: This study reports an incidental severe pulmonary parasitism caused by A. abstrusus in a wild Oncilla (L. tigrinus). This is the first report of A. abstrusus infection associated with pathological lesions in a L. tigrinus from Colombia.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; UNIVERSIDAD Nacional de Colombia; PULMONARY fibrosis; PNEUMONIA; AUTOPSY; PARASITISM; LUNGS; FECAL contamination; NEUROENDOCRINE cells
- Publication
Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias, 2023, Vol 36, Issue 1, p13
- ISSN
0120-0690
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17533/udea.rccp.v35n4a04