title: First report of canine ocular thelaziosis in the Muntenia Region, Romania.
abstract: Ocular thelaziosis by Thelazia callipaeda is a vector-borne disease that infects domestic and wild carnivores as well as humans. In this paper, we present two cases of ocular thelaziosis in dogs that had never traveled outside Romania. Both presented with moderate conjunctivitis and ocular discharge. In total, 41 adult nematodes were removed from the conjunctival sacs of both dogs; these were identified via morphology as T. callipaeda. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of canine ocular thelaziosis caused by T. callipaeda from the Muntenia Region of Romania.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 105 Splaiul Independentei, Sector 5, 050097, Bucharest, Romania. polianatudor@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Poliana
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tudor
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 105 Splaiul Independentei, Sector 5, 050097, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Adina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bădicu
authors.affiliation: AgerVet-Clinic, 42 C. Brâncoveanu, 130120, Târgovişte, Romania.
authors.forename: Romaniţa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mateescu
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 105 Splaiul Independentei, Sector 5, 050097, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Niculae
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tudor
authors.affiliation: AgerVet-Clinic, 42 C. Brâncoveanu, 130120, Târgovişte, Romania.
authors.forename: Cosmin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mateescu
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 105 Splaiul Independentei, Sector 5, 050097, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Iuliana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ionaşcu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D017205:Spirurida Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013802:Thelazioidea
keywords: Dogs; Muntenia Region; Ocular thelaziosis; Romania