Hostname: page-component-7dd5485656-hw7sx Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-10-31T03:53:38.037Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Platynosomum fastosum-induced chronic intrahepatic cholangitis and Spirometra spp. infections in feral cats from Grand Cayman

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2011

S.A. Headley ,
M.A. Gillen ,
A.W.D. Sanches  and
M.Z. Satti
S.A. Headley*
Affiliation:
Pathology, Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Matthew's University, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
M.A. Gillen
Affiliation:
School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Mathew's University, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
A.W.D. Sanches
Affiliation:
Pathology, Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Matthew's University, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
M.Z. Satti
Affiliation:
Parasitology, Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Matthew's University, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
*
*E-mail: sheadley@smu.ky
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

The occurrence of platynosomiasis and intestinal sparganosis is described in feral cats from Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Spirometra spp. was observed within the intestine of 18.18% (10/55) of cats; 1.18% (1/55) of cats demonstrated gross and histological manifestation of parasitism by Platynosomum fastosum, but 14.5% (8/55) of cats had the characteristic pathological manifestations of P. fastosum-induced intrahepatic cholangitis without the concomitant presence of the intraductal trematode. Combined parasitism (Spirometra spp. and P. fastosum) was observed in 9.09% (5/55) of feral cats. Significant pathological findings were only associated with the hepatic fluke, P. fastosum, and were grossly characterized by moderate hepatomegaly with enlarged and dilated bile ducts. Examples of cestodes with morphological features characteristic of Spirometra spp. were observed within the small intestine without any associated pathological lesion. The histopathological evaluation of liver fragments revealed chronic intrahepatic cholangitis with and without the associated intraductal trematode, and was characterized by marked periductal fibrosis, adenomatous proliferation of bile duct epithelium, dilation of intrahepatic bile ducts and portal accumulations of inflammatory cells. The occurrence of the cestode in feral cats coupled with factors that are unique to Grand Cayman makes this island the ideal location for sporadic cases of human sparganosis.

Information

Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 86 , Issue 2 , June 2012 , pp. 209 - 214
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

Ali-Khan, Z., Irving, R.T., Wignall, N. & Bowmer, E.J. (1973) Imported sparganosis in Canada. Canadian Medical Association Journal 108, 590–593.Google ScholarPubMed
Bassani, C.A., Sangioni, L.A., Saut, J.P.E., Yamamura, M.H. & Headley, S.A. (2006) Epidemiology of eurytrematosis (Eurytrema spp. Trematoda: Dicrocoeliidae) in slaughtered beef cattle from the central-west region of the State of Paraná, Brazil. Veterinary Parasitology 141, 356–361.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Bowman, D.D. (2009) Georgis' parasitology for veterinarians. 9th edn. pp. 115–239. St. Louis, Missouri, Mosby/Elsevier.Google Scholar
Bowman, D.D., Hendrix, C.M., Lindsay, D.S. & Barr, S.C. (2002) Feline clinical parasitology. 1st edn.469 pp. Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Buergelt, C.D., Greiner, E.L. & Senior, D.F. (1984) Proliferative sparganosis in a cat. Journal of Parasitology 60, 121–125.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cayman Wildlife Connection. (2010) Available at websitehttp://www.caymanwildlife.org (accessed on 17 June 2010).Google Scholar
Cullen, J.M. (2005) Liver, biliary system, and exocrine pancreas. pp. 393–461in McGavin, M.D. & Zachary, J.F. (Eds) Pathologic basis of veterinary disease. 4th edn.Louis, Missouri, Mosby/Elsevier.Google Scholar
Day, D.G. (1995) Feline cholangiohepatitis complex. Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice 25, 375–385.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Garcia, J.L., Guimarães, J.S. Jr, Headley, S.A., Bogado, A.L.G., Bugni, F.M., Ramalho, D.C. & Souza, L.M. (2008) Eimeria tenella: utilization of a nasal vaccine with sporozoite antigens incorporated into Iscom as protection for broiler breeders against a homologous challenge. Experimental Parasitology 120, 185–190.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Greve, J.H. & Leonard, P.O. (1966) Hepatic fluke (Platynosomum concinnum) in a cat from Illinois. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 149, 418–419.Google Scholar
Haney, D.R., Christianses, J.S. & Toll, J. (2006) Severe cholestatic liver disease secondary to fluke (Platynosomum fastosum) infection in three cats. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 42, 234–237.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Headley, S.A., Saut, J.P.E., Bassani, C.A., Sangioni, L.A., Birgel, E.H. Jr & Yamamura, M.H. (2009) Histopathologic patterns of pancreatic lesions induced by Eurytrema coelomaticium in cattle from the central-west region of the State of Paraná, Southern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology 2, 3–7.Google Scholar
Jones, T.C., Hunt, R.D. & King, N.W. (1997) Veterinary pathology. 6th edn.1392 pp. Baltimore, Maryland, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.Google Scholar
Krecek, R.C., Moura, L., Lucas, L. & Kelly, P. (2010) Parasites of stray cats (Felis domesticus L., 1758) on St. Kitts, West Indies. Veterinary Parasitology 172, 147–149.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Leam, G. & Walker, I.E. (1963) The occurrence of Platynosomum fastosum in domestic cats in the Bahamas. Veterinary Record 75, 46–47.Google Scholar
Lee, S.-H., We, J.-S., Sohn, W.-M., Hong, S.-T. & Chai, J.-Y. (1990) Experimental life history of Spirometra erinacei. Korean Journal of Parasitology 28, 161–173.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Meyer, M.C. (1970) Cestode zoonoses of aquatic animals. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 6, 249–254.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Müller-Graf, C.D.M., Woolhouse, M.E.J. & Packer, C. (1999) Epidemiology of an intestinal parasite (Spirometra spp.) in two populations of African lions (Pathera leo). Parasitology 118, 407–415.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Nakagawa, T.L.D.R., Bracarense, A.P.F.L., Reis, A.C.F., Yamamura, M.H. & Headley, S.A. (2007) Giant kidney worm (Dioctophyma renale) infections in dogs from Northern Paraná, Brazil. Veterinary Parasitology 145, 366–370.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Rep, B.H. (1975) Intestinal helminths in dogs and cats on the Antillian Islands Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Tropical and Geographical Medicine 27, 317–323.Google ScholarPubMed
Retnasabapathy, A. & Prathap, K. (1971) The liver fluke Platynosomum fastosum in domestic cats. Veterinary Record 88, 62–65.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Robinson, V.B. & Ehrenford, F.A. (1962) Hepatic lesions associated with liver fluke (Platynosomum fastosum) infection in a cat. American Journal of Veterinary Research 23, 1300–1303.Google ScholarPubMed
Rodriguez-Vivas, R.I., Williams, J.J., Quijano-Novelo, A.G., Bolio, G.M.E. & Torres-Acosta, J.F.J. (2004) Prevalence, abundance and risk factors of liver fluke (Platynosomum concinnum) infection in cats in Mexico. Veterinary Record 154, 693–694.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Rosenberg, G. & Muratov, I. (2010) Distribution of non-endemic species of terrestrial mollusks from Jamaica. Available at websitehttp://clade.ansp.org/malacology/collections/jamaica/nonendemic.html (accessed 17 June 2010).Google Scholar
Soto, J.A., Villalobos, A., Alvarado, C.M.A. & Chirinos, A.R. (1991) Obstructive biliary cirrhosis in a cat due to Platynosomum fastosum infection. Revista Científica da FCV de Luz 1, 16–19.Google Scholar
Sousa, M.B.C., Leão, A.C., Coutinho, J.F.V. & Ramos, A.M.O. (2008) Histopathology findings in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus Linnaeus, 1758) with chronic weight loss associated with bile tract obstruction by infestation with Platynosomum (Loos, 1907). Primates 49, 283–287.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Stalker, M.J. & Hayes, M.A. (2007) Liver and biliary system. pp. 297–388in Maxie, M. (Ed.) Jubb, Kennedy & Palmer's pathology of domestic animals. 5th edn. Vol. 2. Philadelphia, Saunders/Elsevier.Google Scholar
Taylor, D. & Perri, S.F. (1977) Experimental infection of cats with the liver fluke Platynosomum concinnum. American Journal of Veterinary Research 38, 51–54.Google ScholarPubMed
Vieira, A.L.S., Ecco, R., Lima, W.S. & Guedes, R.M.C. (2009) Platynosomum fastosum infection in two cats in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology 2, 45–48.Google Scholar
Walker, M.D. & Zunt, J.R. (2005) Neuroparasitic infections: cestodes, trematodes, and protozoans. Seminars in Neurology 25, 262–277.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Warren, K.S., Swan, R.A., Hobbs, R.P., Herlyanto, , Kuhn, E.M. & Heeney, J.L. (1998) Platynosomum fastosum in ex-captive orangutans from Indonesia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34, 644–646.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Willard, M.D. & Fossum, T.W. (2005) Diseases of the gallbladder and extrahepatic biliary system. pp. 1478–1482in Ettinger, S.J. & Feldman, E.C. (Eds) Textbook of veterinary internal medicine – diseases of the dog and cat. 6th edn. Vol. 2. St. Louis, Missouri, Saunders/Elsevier.Google Scholar
Xavier, F.G., Morato, G.S., Righi, D.A., Maiorka, P.C. & Spinosa, H.S. (2007) Cystic liver disease related to high Platynosomum fastosum infection in a domestic cat. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 9, 51–55.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Yang, J.W., Lee, J.H. & Kang, M.I. (2007) A case of ocular sparganosis in Korea. Korean Journal of Ophthalmology 21, 48–50.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Zawie, D.A. & Garvey, M.S. (1984) Feline hepatic disease. Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice 14, 1201–1230.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed