title: Hepatic alveolar hydatid disease (Echinococcus multilocularis) in a boxer dog from southern Ontario.
abstract: A 2-year-old boxer dog from southern Ontario was evaluated because of acute onset lethargy. Exploratory laparotomy revealed a hemorrhagic, destructive, liver mass. Histology, immunohistochemistry, and polymerase chain reaction confirmed Echinococcus multilocularis as the cause of the hepatic mass. This constitutes the first description of endemic E. multilocularis in Ontario.
authors.affiliation: Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Skelding); Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Brooks, Stalker); Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Peregrine); Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, 474 Wellington Road #18, Suite 100, RR1 Fergus, Ontario N1M 2W3 (Mercer); Peel Public Health, 7120 Hurontario Street, P.O. Box 667 - RPO Streetsville, Mississauga, Ontario L5M 2C2 (de Villa); Institut für Parasitologie, Universität Bern, Länggass-Str. 122, Postfach 8466, Ch-3001, Bern, Switzerland (Gottstein).
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skelding
authors.affiliation: Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Skelding); Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Brooks, Stalker); Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Peregrine); Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, 474 Wellington Road #18, Suite 100, RR1 Fergus, Ontario N1M 2W3 (Mercer); Peel Public Health, 7120 Hurontario Street, P.O. Box 667 - RPO Streetsville, Mississauga, Ontario L5M 2C2 (de Villa); Institut für Parasitologie, Universität Bern, Länggass-Str. 122, Postfach 8466, Ch-3001, Bern, Switzerland (Gottstein).
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.affiliation: Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Skelding); Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Brooks, Stalker); Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Peregrine); Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, 474 Wellington Road #18, Suite 100, RR1 Fergus, Ontario N1M 2W3 (Mercer); Peel Public Health, 7120 Hurontario Street, P.O. Box 667 - RPO Streetsville, Mississauga, Ontario L5M 2C2 (de Villa); Institut für Parasitologie, Universität Bern, Länggass-Str. 122, Postfach 8466, Ch-3001, Bern, Switzerland (Gottstein).
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stalker
authors.affiliation: Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Skelding); Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Brooks, Stalker); Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Peregrine); Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, 474 Wellington Road #18, Suite 100, RR1 Fergus, Ontario N1M 2W3 (Mercer); Peel Public Health, 7120 Hurontario Street, P.O. Box 667 - RPO Streetsville, Mississauga, Ontario L5M 2C2 (de Villa); Institut für Parasitologie, Universität Bern, Länggass-Str. 122, Postfach 8466, Ch-3001, Bern, Switzerland (Gottstein).
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mercer
authors.affiliation: Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Skelding); Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Brooks, Stalker); Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Peregrine); Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, 474 Wellington Road #18, Suite 100, RR1 Fergus, Ontario N1M 2W3 (Mercer); Peel Public Health, 7120 Hurontario Street, P.O. Box 667 - RPO Streetsville, Mississauga, Ontario L5M 2C2 (de Villa); Institut für Parasitologie, Universität Bern, Länggass-Str. 122, Postfach 8466, Ch-3001, Bern, Switzerland (Gottstein).
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Villa
authors.affiliation: Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Skelding); Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Brooks, Stalker); Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Peregrine); Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, 474 Wellington Road #18, Suite 100, RR1 Fergus, Ontario N1M 2W3 (Mercer); Peel Public Health, 7120 Hurontario Street, P.O. Box 667 - RPO Streetsville, Mississauga, Ontario L5M 2C2 (de Villa); Institut für Parasitologie, Universität Bern, Länggass-Str. 122, Postfach 8466, Ch-3001, Bern, Switzerland (Gottstein).
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gottstein
authors.affiliation: Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Skelding); Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Brooks, Stalker); Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Peregrine); Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, 474 Wellington Road #18, Suite 100, RR1 Fergus, Ontario N1M 2W3 (Mercer); Peel Public Health, 7120 Hurontario Street, P.O. Box 667 - RPO Streetsville, Mississauga, Ontario L5M 2C2 (de Villa); Institut für Parasitologie, Universität Bern, Länggass-Str. 122, Postfach 8466, Ch-3001, Bern, Switzerland (Gottstein).
authors.forename: Andrew S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Peregrine
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D048210:Echinococcus multilocularis; D008297:Male; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology