Platinossomose no planalto de Santa Catarina.

Platinosomosis is a systemic parasitic disease with a hepatic predilection caused by the trematode Platynosomum spp. It occurs mainly in felines through ingestion of the paratenic host, or from a second intermediate host, which would be terrestrial isopods in endemic tropical areas around the world. The pathophysiology includes cases of hepatic lipidosis, cholangitis and cholangiohepatitis, with their severity related to the level of parasite load in the final host. The present work aims to report two cases of feline platinosomosis seen at the Clinical Veterinary School (CVE) of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), in Curitibanos, SC. Both cases correspond to two domiciled female felines aged six to eight months with complaints of emesis and hematochezia. Furthermore, one of the animals had diarrhea and the other had pasty feces, both with a history of delayed vaccinations and deworming. Laboratory tests showed thrombocytopenia, changes in ALT, GGT and FA enzymes, abdominal ultrasound demonstrated a small thickening of the gastric wall and fecal parasitology showed a positive result for the presence of the species of Platynosomum fastosum (= P. illiciens) in fecal samples. The present work consists of the report of the first two cases described in the central region of the Santa Catarina highland, with the disease previously described only in the municipality of Araquari, in the north of the state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]