title: Identification of microfilaria in a mammary mass aspirate from a female dog.
abstract: A filarial nematode larva (microfilaria) was found in an aspirate of a mammary mass from a dog imported to Saskatchewan from Myanmar. This was an unusual location for a microfilaria and numerous filarial nematodes infecting dogs in Asia had to be considered. This report describes the laboratory diagnosis of canine heartworm disease in this dog.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology (Burgess), Department of Veterinary Microbiology (Wagner), Western College of Veterinary Medicine, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4.
authors.forename: Hilary J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology (Burgess), Department of Veterinary Microbiology (Wagner), Western College of Veterinary Medicine, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4.
authors.forename: Brent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004183:Dirofilaria immitis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000469:parasitology*