Specimens of Filaroides milksi Whitlock, 1956, removed from the same lung tissue as were the type specimens, were re-examined. Because of morphological features similar to those found in Andersonstrongylus Webster, 1978 and inconsistent with those in Filaroides van Beneden, 1850, F. milksi is...

In PM examination of 1885 dogs at the Pathology Department of the Research Institute for Pharmacy and Biochemistry at Rosice nad Labem during 1975-89, lesions due to a lungworm infection were found in 38 (2%). The dogs had been used in drug-safety tests, and the sires of the colony were imported...

In Holland, a one-year-old male boxer was presented with anorexia and signs of respiratory distress of 3 weeks duration. Radiographic examination of the thorax revealed peribronchitis and infiltration in both lungs. Despite antibiotic and supportive therapy the dog died. At post-mortem large...

A 11/2-year-old male miniature Schnauzer had severe dyspnoea of 1 month's duration. Radiography revealed diffuse interstitial pneumonia. Embryonating nematode eggs and 1st-stage larvae were observed in bronchial washings. The dog was treated with levamisole orally and with an antibiotic and...

In a dog that died with respiratory distress caused by severe Filaroides milksi infection, P.M. examination revealed many dead adult nematodes, developing eggs and first-stage larvae in all parts of the pulmonary parenchyma and in the coalesced lumens of ruptured alveoli. Ultrastructural changes...

Filaroides milksi is recorded from the lungs of a dog in Kagoshima City for the first time in Japan.

Filaroides hirthi n.sp. from the lungs of beagles in New York, USA, is smaller than other species of the genus. It most resembles F. milksi but differs in size and in having shorter, stouter spicules with broader knobs for the attachment of the retractor muscles. It differs from F. osleri in...

Following relevant pharmacological details of some commonly used anthelmintics (benzimidazoles, levamisole, ivermectin), notes are given on the treatment of infections with Filaroides osteri, F. hirthi and F. milksi in dogs and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in cats.

A dog killed in Western Australia was found, on histological examination of its lungs, to have adult nematodes scattered throughout the alveoli. There was hardly any tissue reaction. The females had larvae in their uteri. The diameter of the worms did not exceed 130 mu m. Their small size, together ...