Fenbendazole treatment for Mammomonogamus species infection of a domestic cat on St Kitts, West Indies.
A 7-month-old, female, domestic shorthair, indoor/outdoor cat on the island of St Kitts was presented to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine as part of a student training spay-neuter program. Observation of diarrhea prompted a double centrifugation fecal analysis. Ova of Mammomonogamus species, in addition to Ancylostoma species, Trichuris species and Platynosomum species, were found. Mammomonogamus ierei is a parasitic nematode found on many Caribbean islands for which treatment is not well documented. Five days of fenbendazole (50 mg/kg bodyweight) was administered, and fecal analyses gave negative results for Mammomonogamus species eggs 1 week after the last fenbendazole treatment.
Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, St Kitts, West Indies.
Talia
T
Gattenuo
Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, St Kitts, West Indies jketzis@rossvet.edu.kn.
Jennifer
J
Ketzis
Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, St Kitts, West Indies.
Linda
L
Shell
D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology; D002415:Cats; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005273:Fenbendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006762:Hospitals, Animal; D017183:Strongylida / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014900:West Indies
D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D005273:Fenbendazole