Infection of a group of boar-hunting dogs with Paragonimus westermani in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan |
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| Authors: | Kirino Yumi Nakano Natsuko Hagio Mitsuyoshi Hidaka Yuichi Nakamura-Uchiyama Fukumi Nawa Yukifumi Horii Yoichiro |
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| Institution: | Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitic Diseases, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Gakuen-kibanadai Nishi 1-1, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | A 5-year-old male mixed-bred boar-hunting dog with a Plott hound background weighing 23 kg was brought to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Miyazaki, in October 2002. The dog was diagnosed with active infection with the lung fluke Paragonimus westermani by serological testing and also by detection of parasite eggs in his feces. Subsequent examination of four other dogs working with this dog as a boar-hunting team revealed that all five dogs were infected with P. westermani. |
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| Keywords: | Paragonimus westermani Boar-hunting dogs Serodiagnosis Treatment with praziquantel |
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