by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
Aonchotheca putorii (Rudolphi, 1819) López-Neyra, 1947 (Figure 4-59) ETYMOLOGY: a = un + oncho = spined + theca = sheath (referring to the unspined sheathe on the spicule of the male) and putorii for the original isolation from a ferret. SYNONYMS:Trichosomaputorii...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
Eucoleus aerophilus (Creplin, 1839) Dujardin, 1845 (FIGURES 4-57 through 4-58) ETYMOLOGY:eu = good + coleus = sheath and aerophilus for lung loving. SYNONYMS: Capillariaaerophila (Creplin, 1839) HISTORY: The worm was found in a fox and name Trichosomaaeophilus by...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
Aphasmidida The aphasmid nematodes of the cat are represented by the various capillarids, Eucoleus, Aonchotheca, and Pearsonema species, Trichuris, Anatrichosoma, and Trichinella. Other than some of the capillarids, most of these infections are rather rare in cats....
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
Dirofilaria striata (Molin, 1858) Railliet & Henry, 1911 Dirofilariastriata was first described from pumas in Brazil by Molin (1858) and redescribed by Anderson and Diaz-Ungria (1959) from ocelots and margay cats from Venezuela. These are very large worms that...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
Dirofilaria repens Railliet and Henry, 1911 ETYMOLOGY: Diro = dread + filaria = thread along with repens = creeping SYNONYMS:Filaria acutiuscula Molin, 1858; Dirofilaria conjunctivae (Addario, 1885) Desportes, 1940. HISTORY: The parasite first was described from the...
