If you want to treat cat filariasis, you must first eliminate the intermediate hosts, fleas and mosquitoes, cut off the transmission routes, and eliminate mosquito breeding areas. These are very important measures to prevent the disease. For cats that have been infected, levodamide can be taken orally at a dose of 10 mg per kilogram of body weight.

Symptoms of cat filariasis:

1. Cats will have heart palpitations and difficulty breathing. In severe cases, edema and ascites will appear under the skin.

2. The clinical symptoms in the acute phase include lymphangitis, lymphadenitis and erysipelas-like dermatitis. Lymphangitis is characterized by retrograde disease. During the attack, a red line under the skin can be seen developing centrifugally, commonly known as "flowing fire" or "red line". It can occur in all limbs, but is more common in the hind limbs. When the inflammation spreads to the superficial micro-lymphatic vessels of the skin, diffuse redness and swelling appear on the local skin, with a shiny surface, tenderness and burning sensation, which is erysipelas-like dermatitis. The lesions are more common in the middle and lower legs.

3. In Filaria bancrofti, if the adult worm parasitizes in the lymphatic vessels of the scrotum, it can cause spermatic corditis, epididymitis or orchitis. When local symptoms appear, affected cats are often accompanied by chills, fever, headache, joint pain, etc., which is called filarial fever.