Successful treatment of intratracheal cuterebrosis in two cats.
Two cases of feline intratracheal myiasis due to Cuterebra spp. larvae are reported. Both cats presented with inspiratory dyspnea and a nonproductive cough. One larva was successfully removed during thoracotomy, and the other was removed during bronchoscopy using forceps passed through a bronchoscope operating channel. Clinical signs were alleviated following removal of the larvae.
Dvorak
L D
LD
Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, 65211, USA.
Bay
J D
JD
Crouch
D T
DT
Corwin
R M
RM
D000818:Animals; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000662:veterinary; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D004175:Diptera; D005260:Female; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D009198:Myiasis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*