Dog and cat respiratory capilariasis - clinical, parasitological and epidemiological significance
2015
Respiratory capillariasis is a disease of domestic and wild carnivores as
well as of people, caused by nematode Eucoleus aerophilus syn. Capillaria
aerophila, which lives as a parasite in mucosa of trachea, bronchi and
bronchioles, rarely in nasal and frontal sinuses of the host. This parasite
has either direct or indirect development cycle which includes optional
transition hosts - earthworms. Clinical picture is manifested in the form of
a very severe respiratory disease, which is accompanied by an increased
bronchovesicular sound, sneezing, gasping and chronic dry cough. Despite the
fact that this nematode is widespread in all the parts of the world, that it
causes a disease followed by a severe clinical picture and has a zoonotic
potential as well, it has been insufficiently investigated and moreover from
clinical and parasitological aspect it has not been given enough attention so
far. The reason for this is the fact that C. aerophila had been considered to
be a strain of very low level of pathogenicity causing only sporadic
respiratory infections in dogs and cats. The interest of scientific community
for this parasitosis increased the moment when its causative agent spread
outside the endemic areas. From the standpoint of monitoring and health
protection of both carnivores and peorle, knowledge of basic epizootiological
and epidemiological characteristics of these nematodes is of crucial
importance, having in mind that its prevalence has significantly increased in
dogs and cats in the last ten years, both in Europe and worldwide.
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