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2. Dirofilaria immitis - Wikipedia

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   X-rays of the chest of a heartworm-infected cat may show an increased width of the pulmonary arteries and focal or diffuse opacities in the lungs. Echocardiography is a fairly sensitive test in cats. Adult heartworms appear as double-lined hyperechoic structures within the heart or pulmonary arteries. [44]

3. Cat worm infections - Wikipedia

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   Treatment of worm infections is mostly limited to cats kept in human care. Most infections are rather harmless for cats, since a pathogen-host balance is established when the immune system is intact. However, because some of them can cause health disorders and some also pose a potential danger to humans, regular deworming for cats in the human ...

4. Ivermectin - Wikipedia

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   Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug. [7] After its discovery in 1975, [8] its first uses were in veterinary medicine to prevent and treat heartworm and acariasis. [9] Approved for human use in 1987, [10] it is used to treat infestations including head lice, scabies, river blindness (onchocerciasis), strongyloidiasis, trichuriasis, ascariasis and lymphatic filariasis.

5. Lentigo in Cats: Symptoms, Causes, & Treatments - AOL

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   Lentigo in cats is a common dermatological condition characterized by the presence of small, flat, brownish spots on the skin — particularly around the lips, nose, and eyelid margins. Unlike in ...

6. List of feline diseases - Wikipedia

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   Feline disease refers to infections or illnesses that affect cats. They may cause symptoms, sickness or the death of the animal. Some diseases are symptomatic in one cat but asymptomatic in others. Feline diseases are often opportunistic and tend to be more serious in cats that already have concurrent sicknesses.

7. Feline zoonosis - Wikipedia

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   A feline zoonosis is a viral, bacterial, fungal, protozoan, nematode or arthropod infection that can be transmitted to humans from the domesticated cat, Felis catus.Some of these diseases are reemerging and newly emerging infections or infestations caused by zoonotic pathogens transmitted by cats.