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First report of Dracunculus insignis in two naturally infected cats from the northeastern USA.
[dracunculiasis]
Dracunculiasis
is
rarely
reported
in
cats
,
yet
over
the
last
few
years
we
have
identified
two
cats
with
filarioid-like
spirurid
infections
.
Case
1
was
a
9
-
year
-old
cat
with
pituitary
-dependent
hyperadrenocorticism
from
New
York
tate
from
which
four
adult
dracunculoid
nematodes
were
isolated
from
its
torso
.
Based
on
morphometric
characteristics
and
parasite
geographic
distribution
,
the
specimens
were
identified
as
Dracunculus
insignis
females
;
at
least
one
of
the
females
was
gravid
,
suggestive
of
patent
infection
.
Species
identification
was
confirmed
through
amplification
and
sequence
analysis
of
nuclear
and
mitochondrial
loci
.
Case
2
was
a
14
-
year
-old
diabetic
cat
from
Massachusetts
.
Formalin-fixed
sections
were
obtained
from
a
subcutaneous
mass
excised
from
the
left
foreleg
.
Histopathological
examination
revealed
a
large
nematode
with
morphometrical
characteristics
of
Dracunculus
,
surrounded
by
lymphocytes
and
sheets
of
eosinophils
.
These
two
cases
appear
to
be
the
first
published
reports
of
dracunculiasis
in
domestic
cats
in
the
USA
,
and
based
on
the
findings
from
case
1
,
D
insignis
may
be
the
species
associated
with
both
infections
.
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"published reports of dracunculiasis in domestic cats"
symptom
dracunculiasis
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