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A case of a dog refractory to different treatments for pulmonary capillariasis
- Source :
- Parasitology Research. 120:1137-1141
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Pulmonary capillariasis is a parasitic disease caused by the nematode Eucoleus aerophilus which affects wild and domestic carnivores. Currently, there are no anthelmintics approved for use in the treatment of dogs infected with E. aerophilus. The use of several anthelmintics has been reported in a few case reports and field efficacy studies in cats; much less is known on the treatment of dogs infected with E. aerophilus. The paper describes a case of a 4-month-old, mixed breed intact male referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) of the Department of Veterinary Medical Science of the University of Bologna for a routine vaccination and tested positive for E. aerophilus. The dog has not been responding to three different administered treatments, such as moxidectin, fenbendazole, and milbemycin oxime. Eighteen months after the first fecal examination, owner has brought in the dog for a routine visit; a coprological examination was requested and performed resulting negative for parasites. Veterinary practitioners, parasitologists, diagnostic laboratories, and dog owners need to be aware of the increased danger of possible treatment failure when attempting to control parasitic infections for which there are no approved anthelmintics with established efficacies available for use.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Nematoda
030231 tropical medicine
Biology
Milbemycin oxime
Moxidectin
030308 mycology & parasitology
Feces
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
Dogs
0302 clinical medicine
Medical microbiology
Internal medicine
Dog
medicine
Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Animals
Dog Diseases
Treatment Failure
Nematode Infections
Eucoleus aerophilu
0303 health sciences
Pulmonary capillariasis
General Veterinary
Antinematodal Agents
Treatments
Eucoleus aerophilus
Fenbendazole
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Treatment
Infectious Diseases
chemistry
Insect Science
Parasitic disease
Parasitology
Macrolides
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14321955 and 09320113
- Volume :
- 120
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Parasitology Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1aac70b0285ddadcb4ea6a026bf8b03b