Bulletin of Faculty of Health Sciences Okayama University Medical School
Published by Faculty of Health Sciences Okayama University Medical School

<Formerly known as>
岡山大学医療技術短期大学部紀要 (1巻-9巻)

The extraction of a fishfook and the treatment of heterophyiasis in a cat

Morishige, Kazuhisa
Saito, Tetsuro
Tongu, Yasumasa
Published Date
1993-01-31
Abstract
A domestic cat took a fish with a fishhook. She was infected with Hetelophyes hetelophyes nocens and had loose bowels. The fishhook was extracted from feline stomach using a flexible-alligator extractor. The hypodermic injection of praziquantel (30mg/kg) was successful for the treatment of this parasite.
Keywords
heterophyiasis
praziquantel
cat
ISSN
0917-4494
NCID
AN10355371
NAID
JaLCDOI