This study investigated the prevalence and intensity of lungworm infections in sheep and cattle slaughtered at an abattoir in the Kirikkale Province of Turkey between October 2002 and September 2003. Lung samples from 100 sheep and 100 cattle, and faecal samples from 150 sheep and 150 cattle were...

Parasitic nematodes cause diseases of major economic importance in animals. Key representatives are species of Dictyocaulus (=lungworms), which cause bronchitis (=dictyocaulosis, commonly known as "husk") and have a major adverse impact on the health of livestock. In spite of their economic...

A case of bovine verminous pneumonia caused by Dictyocaulus filaria in a 5-month-old female calf found dead on a farm in Shiraz, Iran, is reported. Postmortem examination revealed patchy and lobular (greyish to dark red) consolidations at the dorsocaudal and ventrocaudal lung lobes. There were a...

Studies were conducted on spontaneous infection in hangul (Cervus elaphus hanglu) by a lungworm morphologically similar to Dictyocaulus viviparus, and spontaneous infection of Dictyocaulus filaria in a goat and six sheep on case-to-case basis. Representative samples from lung tissues, mesentary and ...

The epidemiology, life cycle, pathogenesis, clinical signs, control, prevention and economic impact of lungworms (Dictyocaulus viviparus, D. filaria, D. arnfieldi, Protostrongylus rufescens, Muellerius capillaris and Metastrongylus apri) in cattle, sheep, goats, horses and pigs in the UK are...

Groups of 4 deer were experimentally infected with larvae of Dictyocaulus eckerti (from fallow deer), or D. viviparus (from cattle) or D. filaria (from sheep), groups of 4 cattle were experimentally infected with D. viviparus or D. eckerti and groups of 4 lambs were infected with D. filaria or D....

We conducted a phylogenetic analysis of nematode parasites within the genus Dictyocaulus. Lungworms from cattle (Bos taurus), domestic sheep (Ovis aries), European fallow deer (Dama dama), moose (Alces alces), musk ox (Ovibos moschatus), red deer (Cervus elaphus), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and...

The prevalence of a series of lesions observed in the liver and lungs of 1518 cattle and 734 small ruminants during health inspections in 16 of Haiti's leading slaughterhouses is reported. There was a high prevalence of parasitic lesions, especially in cattle liver (79.25%) and sheep lungs (100%)....

Total DNA was isolated from adult Dictyocaulus lungworms collected from cattle, moose (Alces alces) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Sweden. The 2nd ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) was amplified with PCR and DNA sequences were determined from 9 individual worms that came from...

The malic dehydrogenase (MDH) isoenzymatic pattern of Dictyocaulus viviparus, Protostrongylus rufescens, and Slovakian and Spanish isolates of D. filaria was studied. The pattern in both isolates of D. filaria was characterized by the presence of 3 phenotypes: a single slow anodic band; a single...