by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 17, 2014
Gurltiaparalysans Wolffhügel, 1933 (Figures 4-23 through 4-26) In 1933, Dr. Kurt Wolffhügel erected a new genus, Gurltia, and species, paralysans, to contain a worm causing paralysis in a cat in Chile that was named after Dr. Ernst Friedrich Gurlt. In this paper...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 17, 2014
Oslerus rostratus (Gerichter, 1949) Anderson, 1978 This is a metastrongyloid nematode parasite of felines that occasionally finds its way into the domestic cat. Oslerus rostratus is a large worm that is closely related to the canine parasite Oslerus (= Filaroides)...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 17, 2014
Troglostrongylussubcrenatus (Railliet & Henry, 1913) Fitzsimmons, 1964 This is a metastrongyloid nematode parasite of the lungs of felids that is related to Aleurostrongylusabstrusus and which was originally reported from a leopard in the Congo. This nematode has...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 17, 2014
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Railliet, 1898) Cameron, 1927 (Figures 4-15 through 4-22) ETYMOLOGY: Aeluro = cat and strongylus = round, plus abstrusus = hidden from view SYNONYMS:Strongyluspusillus Mueller, 1890, Strongylusabstrusus Railliet, 1898, Strongylusnanus Braun...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 17, 2014
METASTRONGYLOIDEA Metastrongylid nematodes are characterized by having life cycles that typically require an intermediated molluscan host for the development of the third-stage larvae that are infective to vertebrates. Cats do not appear to eat many snails, and...
