First record of infestation by nasal leeches, Limnatis nilotica (Hirudinida, Praobdellidae), from cattle in Italy

In July 2017, twenty cattle of a free-grazing herd were found to be infested with leeches in the mouth. Main signs were bloody sialorrhea and/or a purple-red colour of the lower lip. Leeches, in a variable number (1 to 3) per animal, were found at the lingual frenulum or on the sublingual vestibular...

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Autores principales: ARFUSO, Francesca, GAGLIO, Gabriella, FERRARA, Maria Catena, ABBATE, Francesco, GIANNETTO, Salvatore, BRIANTI, Emanuele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2019
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Parasitology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6863714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31391384
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.19-0247
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author ARFUSO, Francesca
GAGLIO, Gabriella
FERRARA, Maria Catena
ABBATE, Francesco
GIANNETTO, Salvatore
BRIANTI, Emanuele
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description In July 2017, twenty cattle of a free-grazing herd were found to be infested with leeches in the mouth. Main signs were bloody sialorrhea and/or a purple-red colour of the lower lip. Leeches, in a variable number (1 to 3) per animal, were found at the lingual frenulum or on the sublingual vestibular mucosa and were morphologically identified as Limnatis nilotica. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of cattle infestation by L. nilotica in Italy. Besides recalling the attention to leech infestation and suggesting its inclusion in the differential diagnosis of animals with suggestive signs, this short report also provides practitioners with easy-going morphological keys for proper diagnosis and discrimination among species.
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spelling pubmed-68637142019-12-04 First record of infestation by nasal leeches, Limnatis nilotica (Hirudinida, Praobdellidae), from cattle in Italy ARFUSO, Francesca GAGLIO, Gabriella FERRARA, Maria Catena ABBATE, Francesco GIANNETTO, Salvatore BRIANTI, Emanuele J Vet Med Sci Parasitology In July 2017, twenty cattle of a free-grazing herd were found to be infested with leeches in the mouth. Main signs were bloody sialorrhea and/or a purple-red colour of the lower lip. Leeches, in a variable number (1 to 3) per animal, were found at the lingual frenulum or on the sublingual vestibular mucosa and were morphologically identified as Limnatis nilotica. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of cattle infestation by L. nilotica in Italy. Besides recalling the attention to leech infestation and suggesting its inclusion in the differential diagnosis of animals with suggestive signs, this short report also provides practitioners with easy-going morphological keys for proper diagnosis and discrimination among species. The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2019-08-08 2019-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6863714/ /pubmed/31391384 http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.19-0247 Text en ©2019 The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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ARFUSO, Francesca
GAGLIO, Gabriella
FERRARA, Maria Catena
ABBATE, Francesco
GIANNETTO, Salvatore
BRIANTI, Emanuele
First record of infestation by nasal leeches, Limnatis nilotica (Hirudinida, Praobdellidae), from cattle in Italy
title First record of infestation by nasal leeches, Limnatis nilotica (Hirudinida, Praobdellidae), from cattle in Italy
title_full First record of infestation by nasal leeches, Limnatis nilotica (Hirudinida, Praobdellidae), from cattle in Italy
title_fullStr First record of infestation by nasal leeches, Limnatis nilotica (Hirudinida, Praobdellidae), from cattle in Italy
title_full_unstemmed First record of infestation by nasal leeches, Limnatis nilotica (Hirudinida, Praobdellidae), from cattle in Italy
title_short First record of infestation by nasal leeches, Limnatis nilotica (Hirudinida, Praobdellidae), from cattle in Italy
title_sort first record of infestation by nasal leeches, limnatis nilotica (hirudinida, praobdellidae), from cattle in italy
topic Parasitology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6863714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31391384
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.19-0247
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