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Gherman, C.M.; Ionica, A.M.; D'Amico, G.; Otranto, D.; Mihalca, A.D.
_Angiostrongylus chabaudi_ in wildcat from Romania
2016 Parasitology Research (115): 2511-2517
_Angiostrongylus chabaudi_ is a rare cardiopulmonary nematode infecting felids. Although almost 60 years have passed since the original description of the species in Italy, this parasite has been seldom found in domestic and wildcats in southern Europe. The present study aims to report a new case of patent _A. chabaudi_ infection in a roadkilled wildcat from Maramure? County in Northern Romania. The necropsy revealed the presence of parasites in the pulmonary arteries and the right ventricle, and the fecal examination showed the presence of L1 larvae. Parasites were morphologically and morphometrically characterized as _A. chabaudi_, showing 100 % nucleotide similarity to an _Angiostrongylus_ sp. originating from a wildcat from Germany and 99 % to _A. chabaudi_ from Italy. This study reports _A. chabaudi_ for the first time in Eastern Europe, expanding knowledge about the distribution range of this species.
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