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The Output of First Stage Larvae by Cats Infested with Aelurostrongylus abstrusus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

J. M. Hamilton  and
A. W. McCaw
J. M. Hamilton
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Glasgow Veterinary School
A. W. McCaw
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Glasgow Veterinary School
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Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, the lungworm of the cat, has a world wide distribution and has been reported from countries as far apart as America, Great Britain and Palestine. It has a complex life cycle insofar as a molluscan intermediate host is essential and it is possible that auxiliary hosts also play an important part. In Britain, the incidence of active infestation of cats with the parasite has been recorded as 19·4% (Lewis, 1927) and 6·6% (Hamilton, 1966) but the latter author found that, generally, the clinical disease produced by the parasite was of a mild nature. It is known that the average patent period of the infestation in the cat is 8–13 weeks and it seems likely that, in that time, a considerable number of first stage larvae would be evacuated. Information on that point is not available and the object of the following experiment was to ascertain the number of larvae produced by cats during the course of a typical infestation.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 42 , Issue 3-4 , September 1968 , pp. 295 - 298
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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