Enzooticity of the dogs, the reservoir host of Thelazia callipaeda, in Korea.
The reservoir hosts of Thelazia callipaeda were examined. The eyes of the 76 dogs raised at farm. 78 military dogs (shepherds), 96 cattle, and 105 pigs were investigated for the presence of eyeworm. Among them, six worms of T. callipaeda were collected from two dogs raised at farm (2.7%), and 188 worms from 26 shepherds (33.5%). No worms were recovered from the cattle or pigs. These results suggest that the dogs, especially the military dogs are serving as a reservoir host of T. callipaeda in Korea.
Seo
Min
M
Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Dankook Universityr, Chonan 330-714, Korea.
Yu
Jae-Ran
JR
Park
Hyun-Young
HY
Huh
Sun
S
Kim
Sang-Kun
SK
Hong
Sung-Tae
ST
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D005123:Eye / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D017205:Spirurida Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013552:Swine; D013802:Thelazioidea / Q000302:isolation & purification*