Worldwide there is increasing awareness of canine lung worm infection in many geographic areas. Especially the metastrongyloid nematode Angiostrongylus (A.) vasorum is associated with a high morbidity and mortality rate in infected dogs. Other pulmonary parasites in dogs include the common fox...

A case of pulmonitis caused by Filaroides hirthi complicated by a concomitant infection by Dirofilaria immitis and heavy intestinal parasitosis (Ancylostoma caninum and Trichuris vulpis) is reported in a hunting dog from Italy. In August 2001 a 6-year-old female bloodhound presented with...

A dog from Paris (France) was referred with a 2-week history of dry cough, intermittent acute onset of dyspnoea, and acute abdominal pain. A generalised bronchoalveolar infiltrate with a patchy distribution was observed at chest x-rays and computed tomography (CT) scans. Negative results were...

Puerperium is a period post-partum characterized by physiological changes whereby the upper and lower reproductive tracts of the female genital system progressively tries to histologically and endocrinologically return to its pre-gravid state and the period is accompanied by adequate uterine tone...

Cardiopulmonary nematodes are among the most pathogenic parasites of domestic and wild canids. The aim of this study was to describe the species diversity, prevalence and infection intensity of these parasites in the Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) and the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in the...

The efficacy of ivermectin against F. hirthi was evaluated in a series of 3 trials using Beagle dogs of a breeding colony known to be endemically infected with this lungworm. Ivermectin was subcutaneously given at a dosage of 1 mg/kg bodyweight once to 40 dogs (group A) or, at a one week interval,...

By examining larvae from dogs in which the adult stages had been identified, the morphology of Angiostrongylus vasorum, Filaroides osleri, Filaroides hirthi and Crenosoma vulpis from samples of faeces or bronchoalveolar lavage was compared. The tail morphology of the four species was distinctive: ...

Five 3-month-old Yorkshire Terrier puppies in one household died one week after the onset of canine distemper-like signs. PM examination of one puppy showed consolidated lungs with subpleural nodules. Microscopic examination showed numerous intra-alveolar adult nematode parasites and, in some...

A previously healthy Scottish terrier developed verminous pneumonia due to Filaroides hirthi. The disease was diagnosed on the basis of cytology of a transtracheal wash, which contained 17 per cent eosinophils and a large number of parasite larvae. Treatment with 50 mg/kg bodyweight fenbendazole...

An 11-month-old Yorkshire Terrier originating from a farm in Belgium had previously been treated unsuccessfully for a "kennel cough". Coiled larvae and larva-containing eggs were found in a lung biopsy sample, while faecal samples contained larvae (15 000/g) resembling those of the Filaroididae...