Autochtonous infection of dog with Oslerus (Filaroides) osleri in the Czech Republic

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angličtina
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Autochtonous infection of dog with Oslerus (Filaroides) osleri in the Czech Republic
Original language description
Infections of domesticated dogs by a parasitic nematode Oslerus osleri (Filaroides osleri) lead to canine verminous nodular bronchitis. In the present work, Oslerus osleri infection was diagnosed in a ten-months-old intact female of Miniature German Spitz presented with a three months history of progressive coughing. Diagnosis was based upon visualization of characteristic lesions on bronchoscopy and followed by recovery of adults of O. osleri from tracheal nodules. First stage larvae obtained from Baermannised faecal samples were used for morphological and molecular confirmation of the diagnosis based on bronchoscopy. The bitch was successfully treated with fenbendazole at a dose of 50 mg/kg once a day for two weeks. This is the first report of autochthonous infection of dogs with O. osleri in the Czech Republic and one of very few cases of O. osleri infection described in dogs in Europe. In conclusion, the presented data indicate that lungworm infection in dogs are of increasing inte
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Publication year
2012
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