Infection with Crenosoma striatum lungworm in Long-eared Hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus) in Kerman province southeast of Iran.
Hedgehogs are distributed in different areas of Iran. Unfortunately, clinical and parasitological studies on parasites of hedgehogs are very few. Crenosoma striatum is a common lungworm in hedgehogs. C. striatum infection can cause weight loss, dry cough, bronchitis with ulcerous reactions based on secondary bacterial infections, pulmonary damage, thickening of the tracheal wall, and pulmonary emphysema up to cardiovascular failure. In this survey, six dead hedgehogs (Hemiechinus auritus) were investigated for lungworm infection. All the six hedgehogs had C. striatum infection in their lungs.
Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman , Kerman, İran. dr_mirzaie_mo@uk.ac.ir.
Mohammad
M
Mirzaei
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006364:Hedgehogs / Q000469:parasitology*; D007492:Iran; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D008681:Metastrongyloidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*