1. [Oslerosis of the dog: diagnostic and therapeutic status].
- Author
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Bourdoiseau G, Cadoré JL, Fournier C, and Gounel JM
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- Animals, Bronchoscopy veterinary, Dogs, Female, Fenbendazole therapeutic use, Filariasis diagnosis, Filariasis drug therapy, Filarioidea anatomy & histology, Filarioidea classification, Ivermectin therapeutic use, Levamisole therapeutic use, Male, Benzimidazoles therapeutic use, Dog Diseases diagnosis, Dog Diseases drug therapy, Filariasis veterinary, Filaricides therapeutic use, Filarioidea physiology
- Abstract
Oslerus osleri is a metastrongle whose first-stage larvae are expectorated by the bitch, and which are infecting for pups; few cases are described from France. The biological features of this parasite, diagnosis and therapy are described in a first bibliographic part. 29 of 66 dogs examined were infected with Oslerus osleri. We investigated the cause of their chronic coughing, which was not cured by routine therapies. Several diagnostic methods were used, of which endoscopy was the best. The following drugs were used to treat infection with Oslerus osleri: ivermectin, levamisole, oxfendazole and fenbendazole. The last-mentioned two drugs are safe for dogs and very effective against this parasite.
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- 1994
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