Mesocestoidosis and multivisceral tetrathyridiosis in a European cat

G. Lanteri, G. Di Caro, M.T. Capucchio, G. Gaglio, V. Reina, C. Lo Giudice, S. Zanet and F. Marino
Additional contact information
G. Lanteri: Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Italy
G. Di Caro: Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Italy
M.T. Capucchio: Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Grugliasco, Italy
G. Gaglio: Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Italy
V. Reina: Veterinary practitioner
C. Lo Giudice: Veterinary practitioner
S. Zanet: Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Grugliasco, Italy
F. Marino: Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Italy

Veterinární medicína, 2017, vol. 62, issue 6, 356-362

Abstract: This report describes the clinical, parasitological and pathological findings in a 6-year-old intact female European cat with thoracic and peritoneal tetrathyridiosis, characterized by genital involvement. Physical examination and X-ray evaluation revealed laboured breathing and several pulmonary nodules suggestive of cancer. However, necropsy demonstrated a parasitic aetiology of the disease. Histologically, multifocal granulomas were detected in the lungs, uterus and ovary. Parasitological examination permitted identification of the intestinal parasites as Mesocestoides lineatus, which was later confirmed by molecular examination. The larval forms in the peritoneal and chest cavity were identified as the second stage of the Mesocestoides sp. cestode named Tetrathyridia spp. The chronic injuries observed and the rapid course of the disease from the onset of the symptoms until death suggested a long period without clinical signs and indicate that overt disease can potentially be triggered by a failure of the immune system. The observed oophoritis and metritis identify tetrathyridiosis as a possible differential diagnosis in genital dysfunction.

Keywords: feline; tetrathyridiosis; necropsy; histopathology; PCR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/6/2017-VETMED.html (text/html)
http://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/6/2017-VETMED.pdf (application/pdf)
free of charge

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:caa:jnlvet:v:62:y:2017:i:6:id:6-2017-vetmed

DOI: 10.17221/6/2017-VETMED

Access Statistics for this article

Veterinární medicína is currently edited by Ing. Helena Smolová Ph.D.

More articles in Veterinární medicína from Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Ivo Andrle ().