Acta Vet. Brno 2019, 88: 303-306

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201988030303

Co-infection with Angiostrongylus chabaudi and Dirofilaria immitis in a wildcat, Felis silvestris from Romania – a case report

Călin Mircea Gherman1, Angela Monica Ionică1, Georgiana Deak1, Gabriel Bogdan Chișamera2, Andrei Daniel Mihalca1

1University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2National Museum of Natural History “Grigore Antipa”, Bucharest, Romania

Received March 1, 2019
Accepted June 13, 2019

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