Radiografia torácica, lavado broncoalveolar e exames complementares em gatos com doença pulmonar e aelurostrongilose
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The objective of the study was to compare, through bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), chest radiography, blood count, blood serum biochemistry and fecal parasitological examination (EPF) the presence of lung disease caused by Aelurostrongylus abstrusus. BAL samples were processed for cytology, bacterial culture, bacterial sensitivity profile, fungal culture and parasitological examination. 21 cats were classified according to clinical symptoms. The results were: in BAL 87% of patients presented transient hypoxemia; 95% had radiographic changes, 81% with a bronchial pattern, 9% interstitial, 5% micronodular, 5% without radiographic changes; 30% had eosinophilia; 19% presented larvae of A. abstrusus by the Baermann method and were negative in the BAL analysis. Bacterial culture of BAL showed 14% with Pasteurella sp. and 5% with Proteus sp. and fungal culture was negative. The association of more than one method for diagnosing bronchopulmonary disease in cats increases the probability of an assertive diagnosis.
Source: Revista Agraria Academica
Authors: Força Aérea Brasileira, Elissandra da Silveira, Sandra Márcia Tietz Marques
Institution: Força Aérea Brasileira
Language: English
Subfield: Small Animals
Field: Veterinary
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4407062399