title: Ectopic migration of an adult heartworm in a dog with dirofilariasis (case report).
abstract: A 3-yr-old female mongrel dog was referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Chungnam National University in the Republic of Korea. An adult heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, was found in the abdominal cavity of the dog during spaying. Dirofilariasis in this dog was also diagnosed by modified Knott's test, ELISA test, and PCR analysis. The present case is the first report on the migration of an adult dog heartworm to the abdominal cavity of a dog in the Republic of Korea.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun-Wook
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Hyung-Kyou
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.forename: Myung-Jo
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Mineo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayasaki
authors.forename: Kun-Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D004183:Dirofilaria immitis / Q000502:physiology*; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary