caa a22 4500 445340606 CHVBK 20180317142811.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00436-011-2405-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00436-011-2405-5 Canine and Feline Infections by Cardiopulmonary Nematodes in Central and Southern Italy [Elektronische Daten] [Angela Di Cesare, Giuseppe Castagna, Silvana Meloni, Piermarino Milillo, Stefania Latrofa, Domenico Otranto, Donato Traversa] Capillaria aerophila, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, Angiostrongylus vasorum and Dirofilaria immitis are cardiopulmonary nematodes affecting dogs and cats and presently emerging in several countries. The results obtained in 2009 - 2010 during a study aiming to investigate the occurrence of these nematodes in regions from Central (Marche and Abruzzo regions - Sites A and B, respectively) and southern (Apulia - Site C) Italy are here reported. A total of 534 and 436 individual faecal samples collected from dogs and cats were examined, together with 471 and 34 faecal environmental samples taken from dog shelters and catteries. One hundred and ninety-two individual blood samples were also collected from dogs. Faeces were examined using copromicroscopical flotations and Baermann technique, whereas blood samples were tested by Knott's method. Eggs of C. aerophila were detected in 1.48 % and 20 % (Site A), 8.67 % and 2.71 % (Site B), and 16.67 % and 0 % (Site C) of individual and environmental canine samples. C. aerophila was found in 2.90 % (Site A), 3.03 % (Site B) and 14.29 % (Site C) of individual cats. Larvae of A. vasorum were found in 0.96 % and 2.48 % of individual and environmental samples from Site B, respectively, while those of A. abstrusus in 1.82 % (Site A) and 9.96 % (Site B) of individual faeces. Microfilariae of Dirofilaria immitis, identified on the basis of key morphological and morphometric features, were detected in 2.56 % of samples collected from Site B. Despite the small sample size, these results indicate that cardiopulmonary nematodes occur in Central and southern Italy, thus they should be included in the differential diagnosis of pet cardiorespiratory diseases. Larger surveys are necessary to gain more information on the diffusion of these parasites, especially for C. aerophila and A. vasorum, for which the actual distribution is poorly known. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Di Cesare Angela Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut Castagna Giuseppe Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut Meloni Silvana Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut Milillo Piermarino Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut Latrofa Stefania Department of Veterinary Public Health and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bari, Italy aut Otranto Domenico Department of Veterinary Public Health and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bari, Italy aut Traversa Donato Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut Parasitology Research Springer-Verlag 109(2011-08-01), 87-96 0932-0113 109<87 2011 109 436 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2405-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2405-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Di Cesare Angela Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Castagna Giuseppe Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Meloni Silvana Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Milillo Piermarino Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Latrofa Stefania Department of Veterinary Public Health and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bari, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Otranto Domenico Department of Veterinary Public Health and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bari, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Traversa Donato Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Parasitology Research Springer-Verlag 109(2011-08-01), 87-96 0932-0113 109<87 2011 109 436 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer