ANTE MORTEM DIAGNOSIS OF АЕLUROSTRONGYLUS ABSTRUSUS (RAILLIET, 1898) IN DOMESTIC CAT IN REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA (BIH)

This paper describes the occurrence of verminous bronchopneumoniain a domestic cat caused by the lung nematode Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Railliet,1898).The male cat showed some of the signs of respiratory distress in earlier clinicalexaminations, but the definitive diagnosis was not made. Since the cat has been inpoor condition, a coprological examination was recommended. After coprologicaldiagnostics and findings of larval stage of parasite A. abstrusus, clinical examinationand radiology of thorax was repeated, and therapy were applied. Based on additionalanalysis, a chronic aelurostrongylosis was recorded. This is the first description ofaelurostrongylosis in cats in Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina, whichpoints to the need that routine coprological examinations must be carried out indaily veterinary practice.