1. Alteration in blood gases in cats naturally infected with Aelurostrongylus abstrusus
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Sami Gökpinar, Kader Yildiz, Sibel Yasa Duru, and Kırıkkale Üniversitesi
- Subjects
Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Lung Diseases, Parasitic ,Physiology ,Cat Diseases ,Feces ,medicine ,Animals ,Respiratory system ,Small Animals ,Strongylida Infections ,Acidosis ,CATS ,Aelurostrongylus abstrusus ,biology ,business.industry ,Antinematodal Agents ,Venous blood ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Hypoventilation ,Respiratory acidosis ,Treatment Outcome ,Blood chemistry ,Cats ,Strongylida ,Female ,Blood Gas Analysis ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
YILDIZ, Kader/0000-0001-5802-6156 WOS: 000292339200008 PubMed: 21726229 Four cats were presented with respiratory signs and first-stage larvae of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus were found in faecal samples. Anthelmintic treatment was given to the infected cats and venous blood gases were analysed during the treatment period. Blood gas analysis suggested hypoventilation and respiratory acidosis in infected cats. Hypoventilation may be the result of airway obstruction by adults and larvae in respiratory bronchioles and the alveolar canals. The blood gas values had returned close to the physiological range by two months after treatment. Assessment of respiratory acidosis may aid development of additional treatment methods in cats infected with A. abstrusus.
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- 2011