title: Autochthonous Dirofilaria immitis infection in a ferret with aberrant larval migration in Europe.
abstract: A two-year-old male ferret (Mustela putorius furo) was presented to the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, for investigation of somnolence. Following unsuccessful therapeutic attempts, the ferret was euthanased and a male Dirofilaria immitis worm was found in the pulmonary artery and a female D. immitis specimen in the subdural space of the cranial cavity. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first European record of D. immitis infection in a ferret, and the first case in which aberrant larval migration and consequent central nervous system signs were observed in a ferret in the course of D. immitis infection.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary and Conservation Department, Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden, Allatkerti krt 6-12, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Molnár
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pazár
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rigó
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Máthé
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fok
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Glávits
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vajdovich
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Jacsó
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Balogh
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sós
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004183:Dirofilaria immitis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D005060:Europe; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005289:Ferrets / Q000469:parasitology*; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male