Ectopic migration of an adult heartworm in a dog with dirofilariasis (case report).
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.
Oh
Hyun-Wook
HW
Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea.
Jun
Hyung-Kyou
HK
You
Myung-Jo
MJ
Hayasaki
Mineo
M
Song
Kun-Ho
KH
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