2023
DOI: 10.17921/1415-6938.2023v27n1p60-63
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Lagoquilascariasis in Domestic Feline in Southern Brazil, Case Report

Alexsander Ferraz,
Renata Fontes Ongaratto,
Gabriela de Almeida Capella
et al.

Abstract: Lagochilascariasis is a parasitic disease caused by a nematode Lagochilascaris spp. This parasite has a heteroxene cycle, requiring an intermediate host, generally rodents, and a definitive host, such as felines and humans. The infection occurs through the ingestion of raw or undercooked meat of the intermediate host with larvae encysted. The aim of this work was to relate one case of Lagochilascariasis in a domestic cat in the city of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. In the clinical examination, the feline, female… Show more

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