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Systemic Infection by Angiostrongylus vasorum in a Fennec (Vulpes zerda) in an Italian Zoological Garden
This paper reported a case of a metastrongyloid nematode Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in a fennec (Vulpes zerda) kept in a zoo in central Italy. The fennec had shown paralysis of the hind limbs, anorexia, weakness and respiratory signs before death. Cardiomegaly and granulomatous pneumonia were...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9505467/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36145397 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11090965 |
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author | Galietta, Valentina Eleni, Claudia Raso, Caterina Cocumelli, Cristiano Friedrich, Klaus G. Di Cerbo, Pilar Iurescia, Manuela Diaconu, Elena L. Alba, Patricia De Liberato, Claudio |
author_facet | Galietta, Valentina Eleni, Claudia Raso, Caterina Cocumelli, Cristiano Friedrich, Klaus G. Di Cerbo, Pilar Iurescia, Manuela Diaconu, Elena L. Alba, Patricia De Liberato, Claudio |
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description | This paper reported a case of a metastrongyloid nematode Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in a fennec (Vulpes zerda) kept in a zoo in central Italy. The fennec had shown paralysis of the hind limbs, anorexia, weakness and respiratory signs before death. Cardiomegaly and granulomatous pneumonia were the major anatomopathological findings. Inflammatory lesions associated with parasitic larvae were observed in the lungs, brain, liver, heart, spinal cord and kidney of the fennec at histology. A. vasorum diagnosis was confirmed by both morphological and molecular identification of adult worms recovered at necropsy. Fennecs are active predators and maintain their hunting behaviour in captivity. Hence, it is likely that the animal was exposed to infection by preying on parasitised gastropods, intermediate hosts of A. vasorum, entering zoo enclosures from the surrounding environment. This is the first report of A. vasorum systemic infection in a captive fennec (V. zerda) in a zoo in Italy. |
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spelling | pubmed-95054672022-09-24 Systemic Infection by Angiostrongylus vasorum in a Fennec (Vulpes zerda) in an Italian Zoological Garden Galietta, Valentina Eleni, Claudia Raso, Caterina Cocumelli, Cristiano Friedrich, Klaus G. Di Cerbo, Pilar Iurescia, Manuela Diaconu, Elena L. Alba, Patricia De Liberato, Claudio Pathogens Case Report This paper reported a case of a metastrongyloid nematode Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in a fennec (Vulpes zerda) kept in a zoo in central Italy. The fennec had shown paralysis of the hind limbs, anorexia, weakness and respiratory signs before death. Cardiomegaly and granulomatous pneumonia were the major anatomopathological findings. Inflammatory lesions associated with parasitic larvae were observed in the lungs, brain, liver, heart, spinal cord and kidney of the fennec at histology. A. vasorum diagnosis was confirmed by both morphological and molecular identification of adult worms recovered at necropsy. Fennecs are active predators and maintain their hunting behaviour in captivity. Hence, it is likely that the animal was exposed to infection by preying on parasitised gastropods, intermediate hosts of A. vasorum, entering zoo enclosures from the surrounding environment. This is the first report of A. vasorum systemic infection in a captive fennec (V. zerda) in a zoo in Italy. MDPI 2022-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9505467/ /pubmed/36145397 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11090965 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Galietta, Valentina Eleni, Claudia Raso, Caterina Cocumelli, Cristiano Friedrich, Klaus G. Di Cerbo, Pilar Iurescia, Manuela Diaconu, Elena L. Alba, Patricia De Liberato, Claudio Systemic Infection by Angiostrongylus vasorum in a Fennec (Vulpes zerda) in an Italian Zoological Garden |
title | Systemic Infection by Angiostrongylus vasorum in a Fennec (Vulpes
zerda) in an Italian Zoological Garden |
title_full | Systemic Infection by Angiostrongylus vasorum in a Fennec (Vulpes
zerda) in an Italian Zoological Garden |
title_fullStr | Systemic Infection by Angiostrongylus vasorum in a Fennec (Vulpes
zerda) in an Italian Zoological Garden |
title_full_unstemmed | Systemic Infection by Angiostrongylus vasorum in a Fennec (Vulpes
zerda) in an Italian Zoological Garden |
title_short | Systemic Infection by Angiostrongylus vasorum in a Fennec (Vulpes
zerda) in an Italian Zoological Garden |
title_sort | systemic infection by angiostrongylus vasorum in a fennec (vulpes
zerda) in an italian zoological garden |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9505467/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36145397 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11090965 |
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