Stray Cat Colonies Lacking Health Surveillance and Management Pose Infection Pressure for Aelurostrongylus abstrusus on Sympatric Domestic and Wild Felids

The prevalence of respiratory nematodes in domestic animals has increased in Europe in recent decades. Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is the most common parasitic nematode of the respiratory tract in felids, and an increase in its prevalence has been suggested in different European countries including S...

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Autores: Gassó Garcia, Diana, López-Olvera, Jorge Ramón, Mentaberre García, Gregorio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14233400
https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/468013
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Palabra clave:Aelurostrongylus abstrusus
Street colony cats
Lung nematodes
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spelling Stray Cat Colonies Lacking Health Surveillance and Management Pose Infection Pressure for Aelurostrongylus abstrusus on Sympatric Domestic and Wild FelidsGassó Garcia, DianaLópez-Olvera, Jorge RamónMentaberre García, GregorioAelurostrongylus abstrususStreet colony catsLung nematodesThe prevalence of respiratory nematodes in domestic animals has increased in Europe in recent decades. Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is the most common parasitic nematode of the respiratory tract in felids, and an increase in its prevalence has been suggested in different European countries including Spain, with values ranging from 0% to 30%. The Baermann technique was used to detect metastrongyloid larvae in 93 faecal samples from cats living in colonies (n = 29), cats living in shelters (n = 30), and owned cats (n = 34). Eleven cats (11.2%) were infected by A. abstrusus, the only species detected. The prevalence in colony cats (34.5%, 10/29) was significantly higher than the 3.3% (1/30) prevalence in shelter cats. Conversely, A. abstrusus was not found in any of the owned cats. The results can be representative of other areas in the Mediterranean basin, indicating the need to improve feline management and knowledge about the distribution and abundance of this parasite through geographically wider studies in Spain. This study emphasizes the importance of deworming domestic cats, especially those from street and rural environments or with outdoor lifestyles. The results also urge the need for population and health control of street cat colonies. Incorporating a deworming protocol in the current trapping–neutering–release campaigns for cat population control will be essential.MDPI2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.3390/ani14233400https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/468013reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14233400Animals, 2024, vol. 14, núm. 23, 3400cc-by (c) Diana Gassó, Jorge Ramón López-Olvera, Gregorio Mentaberre, 2024Attribution 4.0 Internationalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/4680132026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Stray Cat Colonies Lacking Health Surveillance and Management Pose Infection Pressure for Aelurostrongylus abstrusus on Sympatric Domestic and Wild Felids
title Stray Cat Colonies Lacking Health Surveillance and Management Pose Infection Pressure for Aelurostrongylus abstrusus on Sympatric Domestic and Wild Felids
spellingShingle Stray Cat Colonies Lacking Health Surveillance and Management Pose Infection Pressure for Aelurostrongylus abstrusus on Sympatric Domestic and Wild Felids
Gassó Garcia, Diana
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus
Street colony cats
Lung nematodes
title_short Stray Cat Colonies Lacking Health Surveillance and Management Pose Infection Pressure for Aelurostrongylus abstrusus on Sympatric Domestic and Wild Felids
title_full Stray Cat Colonies Lacking Health Surveillance and Management Pose Infection Pressure for Aelurostrongylus abstrusus on Sympatric Domestic and Wild Felids
title_fullStr Stray Cat Colonies Lacking Health Surveillance and Management Pose Infection Pressure for Aelurostrongylus abstrusus on Sympatric Domestic and Wild Felids
title_full_unstemmed Stray Cat Colonies Lacking Health Surveillance and Management Pose Infection Pressure for Aelurostrongylus abstrusus on Sympatric Domestic and Wild Felids
title_sort Stray Cat Colonies Lacking Health Surveillance and Management Pose Infection Pressure for Aelurostrongylus abstrusus on Sympatric Domestic and Wild Felids
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gassó Garcia, Diana
López-Olvera, Jorge Ramón
Mentaberre García, Gregorio
author Gassó Garcia, Diana
author_facet Gassó Garcia, Diana
López-Olvera, Jorge Ramón
Mentaberre García, Gregorio
author_role author
author2 López-Olvera, Jorge Ramón
Mentaberre García, Gregorio
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Aelurostrongylus abstrusus
Street colony cats
Lung nematodes
topic Aelurostrongylus abstrusus
Street colony cats
Lung nematodes
description The prevalence of respiratory nematodes in domestic animals has increased in Europe in recent decades. Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is the most common parasitic nematode of the respiratory tract in felids, and an increase in its prevalence has been suggested in different European countries including Spain, with values ranging from 0% to 30%. The Baermann technique was used to detect metastrongyloid larvae in 93 faecal samples from cats living in colonies (n = 29), cats living in shelters (n = 30), and owned cats (n = 34). Eleven cats (11.2%) were infected by A. abstrusus, the only species detected. The prevalence in colony cats (34.5%, 10/29) was significantly higher than the 3.3% (1/30) prevalence in shelter cats. Conversely, A. abstrusus was not found in any of the owned cats. The results can be representative of other areas in the Mediterranean basin, indicating the need to improve feline management and knowledge about the distribution and abundance of this parasite through geographically wider studies in Spain. This study emphasizes the importance of deworming domestic cats, especially those from street and rural environments or with outdoor lifestyles. The results also urge the need for population and health control of street cat colonies. Incorporating a deworming protocol in the current trapping–neutering–release campaigns for cat population control will be essential.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14233400
Animals, 2024, vol. 14, núm. 23, 3400
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