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Lungworm
About: Lungworm is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 816 publications have been published within this topic receiving 10401 citations. The topic is also known as: lungworm.
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TL;DR: The knowledge of the most important heartworm and lungworm infections of dogs and cats in Europe is reviewed, in particular recent advances in epidemiology, clinical and control are described and discussed.
Abstract: Cardiopulmonary nematodes of dogs and cats cause parasitic diseases of central relevance in current veterinary practice. In the recent past the distribution of canine and feline heartworms and lungworms has increased in various geographical areas, including Europe. This is true especially for the metastrongyloids Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, Angiostrongylus vasorum and Crenosoma vulpis, the filarioid Dirofilaria immitis and the trichuroid Eucoleus aerophilus (syn. Capillaria aerophila). The reasons of this emergence are little known but many drivers such as global warming, changes in vector epidemiology and movements in animal populations, may be taken into account. The purpose of this article is to review the knowledge of the most important heartworm and lungworm infections of dogs and cats in Europe. In particular recent advances in epidemiology, clinical and control are described and discussed.
339 citations
TL;DR: Activity of these secondary compounds explains the reduced parasite problem of young deer grazing chicory and appears to be more effective than CSL at inactivating L1 and L1 lungworm and L3 gastrointestinal larvae in rumen fluid, but CSL were particularly effective against L3 lungworm larvae in abomasal fluid.
139 citations
University of Bari1, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna2, University of Liège3, Trakia University4, Institut national de la recherche agronomique5, University of Messina6, University of Sassari7, University of Lisbon8, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro9, Universidade Nova de Lisboa10, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad11, Complutense University of Madrid12, University of Zurich13, University of Cambridge14, Merial15
TL;DR: Data presented provide a comprehensive account of the diagnosis, epidemiology and treatment of feline lungworms in Europe, as well as of the occurrence of co-infections by gastrointestinal parasites.
134 citations
TL;DR: The relatively high number of lungworm-infected dogs and cats indicate that these parasitic diseases should be considered in differential diagnosis of cases of treatment-resistant respiratory/cardiopulmonary distress.
133 citations
TL;DR: It is found that the migration of R. ranae was significantly accelerated in hosts exposed to the highest concentrations of pesticides, leading to the establishment of twice as many adult worms in the lungs of frogs 21 days post-infection.
Abstract: We tested the hypothesis that exposure of leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) to agricultural pesticides can affect the infection dynamics of a common parasite of ranid frogs, the lungworm Rhabdias ranae. After a 21-day exposure to sublethal concentrations of a pesticide mixture composed of atrazine, metribuzin, aldicarb, endosulfan, lindane and dieldrin, or to control solutions (water, dimethyl sulfoxide), parasite-free juvenile frogs were challenged with 30 infective larvae of R. ranae. Approximately 75% of the larvae penetrated the skin and survived in both exposed and control animals, suggesting that pesticides did not influence host recognition or penetration components of the transmission process. Rather, we found that the migration of R. ranae was significantly accelerated in hosts exposed to the highest concentrations of pesticides, leading to the establishment of twice as many adult worms in the lungs of frogs 21 days post-infection. Pesticide treatment did not influence the growth of lungworms but our results indicate that they matured and reproduced earlier in pesticide-exposed frogs compared to control animals. Such alterations in life history characteristics that enhance parasite transmission may lead to an increase in virulence. Supporting evidence shows that certain components of the frog immune response were significantly suppressed after exposure to the pesticide mixture. This suggests that the immune system of anurans exerts a control over lungworm migration and maturation and that agricultural contaminants can interfere with these control mechanisms. Our results also contribute to the ongoing debate regarding the role that anthropogenic factors could play in the perplexing disease-related die-offs of amphibians observed in several parts of the world.
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| 2025 | 16 |
| 2024 | 28 |
| 2023 | 34 |
| 2022 | 63 |
| 2021 | 28 |
| 2020 | 24 |