title: Infection of a group of boar-hunting dogs with Paragonimus westermani in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitic Diseases, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Gakuen-kibanadai Nishi 1-1, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan.
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kirino
authors.forename: Natsuko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Mitsuyoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hagio
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: Fukumi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nakamura-Uchiyama
authors.forename: Yukifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nawa
authors.forename: Yoichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Horii
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D011223:Praziquantel