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VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
Volume 251, Issue -, Pages 50-55Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2018.01.002
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Aelurostrongylus abstrusus; Rumina decollata; Experimental infection; Development; Intermediate host
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Secretaria de Ciencia y Tecnica, Proyect UBACyT [20020130300003BA]
- Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica (ANPCyT) Proyect [PICT-2013-1141]
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Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is a lungworm distributed worldwide that affects wild and domestic cats, causing bronchopneumonia of varying intensity. Snails serve as intermediate hosts. The aim of the present study was to assess the larval development of A. abstrusus in R. decollata snails and to investigate its potential as an intermediate host. For this purpose, first-stage larvae (L1) of A. abstrusus were obtained from the faeces of naturally infected cats. Doses of 500 L1/snail were given to 24 R. decollata snails, placed on the soil of the breeder chamber, and maintained under laboratory conditions. Three snails were killed at 8, 10, 12, 16, 22, 26, 45 and 55 days post-infection (dpi), and the muscular foot and visceral body were separately digested by an artificial digestion technique. The morphometric parameters of different larval stages were recorded. The mean number of larvae reaching the infective stage at the end of the study (L3) was 262 larvae/snail. The greatest development to L3 was recorded from days 16 to 55 pi, during which the isolation was maximum. A. Abstrusus L3 were isolated from the viscera, but isolation from the snail foot was significantly higher. Our results showed for the first time the ability of A. Abstrusus larvae to develop in R. decollata, thus serving as a potential intermediate host.
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