title: Lethal Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in a Hungarian dog.
abstract: During post-mortem examination of lungs and heart of a 7-month-old female French bulldog, 158 worms were collected from the lung vessels and they proved Angiostrongylus vasorum by their morphological and genetic identification by PCR. The histopathological investigation found a multifocal interstitial inflammation characterized by numerous lymphocytes and a smaller number of plasma cells and eosinophils whilst L1 stage larvae could be seen inside dilated alveoli. We suggested a lethal angiostrongylosis supposed to lead to a fatal effect. Our report attracts attention to the presence of the nematode A. vasorum as causative agent of canine cardiopulmonary disorder in the south-western region of Hungary.
authors.forename: Tibor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Benda
authors.forename: Ágnes
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Csivincsik
authors.forename: Csaba
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nemes
authors.forename: Janka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Turbók
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zsolnai
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Simonyai
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Majoros
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nagy
mesh_terms: D000801:Angiostrongylus; D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*