Autochthonous Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in dogs in The Netherlands.
Until recently, autochthonous infections with Angiostrongylus vasorum were not thought to occur in The Netherlands. However, in 2007 four dogs were diagnosed with angiostrongylosis. Three of them had never left the country. Subsequently, faecal samples from 485 dogs living in the same region where the positive dogs had been diagnosed in 2007 were collected through veterinarians, hunting associations and kennels between January and April 2008. A. vasorum larvae were found in faecal samples of four dogs. Three of those had never been outside the country. Though only few samples were found positive, A. vasorum is now considered autochthonous in The Netherlands.
van Doorn
Deborah C K
DC
Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Clinical Infectiology Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, P.O. Box 80.165, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands. d.c.k.vandoorn@uu.n
van de Sande
Angelique H
AH
Nijsse
E Rolf
ER
Eysker
Maarten
M
Ploeger
Harm W
HW
D000801:Angiostrongylus; D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*