Cordophilosis and fatal gastro-intestinal verminosis in eland.
Fatal cases of cordophilosis and gastro-intestinal verminosis in eland are reported. Some of these cases were complicated with heartwater or cytauxzoonosis. Cordophilosis resulted in acute cardiac arrest. Infestations with gastro-intestinal namatodes were responsible for extreme emaciation. Clinically affected eland responded dramatically to systemic treatment with levamisole hydrocholride.
D000818:Animals; D001188:Artiodactyla; D005368:Filariasis / Q000662:veterinary*; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000662:veterinary*; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000662:veterinary*