Mixed infection by Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior in kittens from the same litter in Italy

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 613-618

  Di Cesare, Angela ^a   Frangipane Di Regalbono, Antonio ^b   Tessarin, Cinzia ^b   Seghetti, Matteo ^c   Iorio, Raffaella ^a   Simonato, Giulia ^b   Traversa, Donato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Veterinary Clinic Riviera   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; MILBEMYCIN; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; PYRANTEL;

AELUROSTRONGYLUS ABSTRUSUS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONVALESCENCE; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSPNEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; ITALY; KITTEN; LARVA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; METASTRONGYLOIDIASIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS BREVIOR;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODA; TROGLOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COINFECTION; FECES; FEMALE; ITALY; LARVA; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84903362095     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3690-y     Document Type: Article

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