Infection of a group of boar-hunting dogs with Paragonimus westermani in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.
A 5-year-old male mixed-bred boar-hunting dog with a Plott hound background weighing 23 kg was brought to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Miyazaki, in October 2002. The dog was diagnosed with active infection with the lung fluke Paragonimus westermani by serological testing and also by detection of parasite eggs in his feces. Subsequent examination of four other dogs working with this dog as a boar-hunting team revealed that all five dogs were infected with P. westermani.
Kirino
Yumi
Y
Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitic Diseases, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Gakuen-kibanadai Nishi 1-1, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan.
Nakano
Natsuko
N
Hagio
Mitsuyoshi
M
Hidaka
Yuichi
Y
Nakamura-Uchiyama
Fukumi
F
Nawa
Yukifumi
Y
Horii
Yoichiro
Y
D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010237:Paragonimiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D048492:Paragonimus westermani; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000871:Anthelmintics; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D011223:Praziquantel