title: Verminous pneumonia and enteritis due to hyperinfection with Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in a kitten.
abstract: Severe infestation with Aelurostrongylus abstrusus was identified in the lungs and small intestine of a 2-month-old kitten that died due to verminous pneumonia and enteritis. On clinical examination, the kitten had dyspnoea, pneumonia, pleural effusion, ascites and diarrhoea. An interstitial pattern was evident radiographically in the lungs. The kitten died before treatment could be instituted. On gross and histopathological examination, there was severe interstitial pneumonia and large numbers of A. abstrusus eggs and larvae were present in alveoli, together with fewer adult nematodes in small bronchioles. The mucosa of the small intestine was invaded by large numbers of A. abstrusus larvae. The findings were consistent with a hyperinfection syndrome due to A. abstrusus.
authors.affiliation: Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Edinburgh EH25 9RG, UK. Electronic address: adrian.philbey@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Philbey
authors.affiliation: Just Cats Veterinary Surgery, 57-59 Duke Street, Southport, Merseyside PR8 5B, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol, Langford, Bristol BS40 5DU, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jefferies
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D004751:Enteritis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Aelurostrongylus abstrusus; cat; enteritis; verminous pneumonia