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The lungworms in the superfamily Metastrongyloidea include species that infest a wider range of mammals, including sheep, goats and pigs but also cats and dogs. These include Metastrongylus elongatus (apri), found in pigs; Oslerus osleri found in dogs; and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus [2] found in cats.
Lungworm infestation rarely causes symptoms of disease in cats, it is considered self-healing. Only in the case of massive infestation or disturbances of the defense system can respiratory symptoms such as coughing, difficult breathing, sneezing, eye and nasal discharge as well as a reluctance to eat, emaciation and listlessness occur.
The order Strongylida includes hookworms and lungworms. Metastrongyloidea are characterized as 2-cm-long, [9] slender, threadlike worms that reside in the lungs of the definitive host. [10] Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a closely related worm that causes intestinal angiostrongyliasis in Central and South America.
The Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is a cosmopolitan parasite found to be living in the bronchi and alveoli of the lungs of infected cats. Those infected tend to not show many symptoms, if any, as the infection is asymptomatic, leading to shorter lifespans of cats that have been infected.
Troglostrongylus is a genus of nematodes which are metastrongyloid lung parasites of domestic cats (Felis catus) and small wild cats (Felis lybica, Lynx rufus, Lynx canadensis and Felis chaus) through the Middle East and North America.
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