Pet cat strongyloidiasis has serious harm to cats, especially for young cats. It has a certain fatality rate. Cats with severe infection will suffer from weight loss, anorexia, poor breathing, etc. If not treated in time, they will die. will cause their death. ​​​​​​

The following drugs can be used to treat this disease:

1. Levamisole, 10 mg per kilogram of body weight. Take orally once every other day, 0-6 times in a row.

2. Benztimidazole, 20 mg per dry gram of body weight, taken orally once a day, for 5 days as a course of treatment, and then repeat the course of treatment after an interval of 5 days.

Prevention: Improve sanitary conditions, strictly prohibit raw feeding or raw animal feed, remove feces in a timely manner, and always keep the cat's nest clean and hygienic.

What symptoms can be caused by strongyloidiasis in cats?

Strongyloidiasis is usually characterized by respiratory symptoms. Wild animals such as birds and rats are the intermediate hosts of the disease, while cats are its only terminal hosts. The disease mostly occurs in wild cats that forage for food on their own, and parasites are introduced into the cat's body from food.

The corresponding symptoms of the disease are

　1.Skin damage

After filamentous larvae invade the skin, they can cause small bleeding spots, papules, accompanied by stinging and itching, and even transitional linear urticaria. The lesions often appear repeatedly in the perianal, groin, buttocks, etc. skin.

　2. Pulmonary symptoms

When filamentous larvae migrate in the lungs, they may cause cough, phlegm, hypersensitivity pneumonitis or asthma, etc.

　3. Gastrointestinal symptoms

Mechanical irritation and toxic effects caused by adult worms parasitizing in the small intestinal mucosa. Patients may experience nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc., accompanied by symptoms such as fever, anemia, and general malaise

　4. Diffuse strongyloidiasis

It may occur in patients who have long-term use of immunosuppressants or suffer from various wasting diseases, congenital immune deficiencies and AIDS. Due to the migration of a large number of larvae in the body, intestinal bacteria can be introduced into the bloodstream, causing sepsis, etc.