ANTE MORTEM DIAGNOSIS OF АЕLUROSTRONGYLUS ABSTRUSUS (RAILLIET, 1898) IN DOMESTIC CAT IN REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA (BIH)

Abstract

This paper describes the occurrence of verminous bronchopneumonia
in a domestic cat caused by the lung nematode Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Railliet,
1898).The male cat showed some of the signs of respiratory distress in earlier clinical
examinations, but the definitive diagnosis was not made. Since the cat has been in
poor condition, a coprological examination was recommended. After coprological
diagnostics and findings of larval stage of parasite A. abstrusus, clinical examination
and radiology of thorax was repeated, and therapy were applied. Based on additional
analysis, a chronic aelurostrongylosis was recorded. This is the first description of
aelurostrongylosis in cats in Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which
points to the need that routine coprological examinations must be carried out in
daily veterinary practice.