by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
Brugia patei (Buckley, Nelson, & Heisch, 1958) Buckley, 1960 In 1958, Buckley et al. described a new species of Brugia collected from dogs, cats, and civet cats on the Pate Island of Kenya Africa. In 1960, Buckely created the new genus Brugia to contain this and...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
Brugia pahangi (Buckley & Edeson, 1956) Buckley, 1960 (Figure 4-49) ETYMOLOGY:Brugia for Dr. Brug and pahangi for Pahang, Malaysia where the worm was discovered. HISTORY: This worm was originally described as Wuchereriapahangi from cats and dogs in Malaysia...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
FILARIOIDEA The filarioidea are a superfamily within the order Spirurida. All the species parasitic in the cat are representatives of the Onchocercidae which have microfilariae that occur dispersed in various tissues of the host, typically the blood or subcutaneous...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 17, 2014
Pterygodermatites cahirensis (Jägerskiöld, 1909) Barus, Petavy, Deblock, and Tenora, 1996 ETYMOLOGY:Pterygo = wing and dermatites refering to the lateroventral cuticular spines or wings and cahirensis referring to the original description being from cats in Cairo,...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 17, 2014
RICTULARIOIDEA This group of spirurid nematodes consists of a single genus, Pterygodermatites, that has been recovered from cats. The adults of these worms live in the small intestine and utilize insect intermediate hosts. The larvae can also survive in paratenic...
