[A worm infection in the skin of a dog. First autochthonous Dirofilaria repens infection ofa dog in the Netherlands].
The history of an 18-month-old English bulldog with a painful lump in the skin on its thigh is described. After opening the nodule a few Dirofilaria repens nematodes were found. Oval-shaped transparent eggs with moving larvae were seen microscopically. The dog was treated with milbemycin and made a complete recovery. The dog had never been abroad, but 6 months earlier in early May had been on a campsite in the middle of the Netherlands where many mosquitoes were present. This is the first described case of an autochthonous D. repens infection of a dog in the Netherlands.
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IRAS, Div. Veterinaire Volksgezondheid Universiteit Utrecht, Yalelaan 2, 3589 CM Utrecht. p.a.m.overgaauw@uu.nl
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D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009033:Culicidae / Q000469:parasitology; D004182:Dirofilaria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000635:transmission; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D018942:Macrolides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015047:Zoonoses
D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D018942:Macrolides; C027837:moxidectin