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Key factors influencing canine heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, in the United States

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2012
An examination of the Companion Animal Parasite Council’s (CAPC) canine heartworm data to clarify the spatial prevalence of heartworm in the United States. Factors thought to influence the spatial risk of disease, as identified in a recent CAPC workshop,
Brown Heidi E   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Angiostrongylus vasorum: Epidemiological, clinical and histopathological insights [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: Canine angiostrongylosis is a nematode infection in domestic dogs and wild carnivores. The present report focuses on epidemiological, clinical and histopathological findings in a case of fatal disseminated angiostrongylosis in a dog living in
CORTESE, LAURA   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Validation of immune complex dissociation methods for use with heartworm antigen tests

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2017
Background Antigen testing is routinely used to diagnose canine Dirofilaria immitis infections. Immune complex dissociation (ICD) methods, which were employed in the original heartworm antigen tests to release antigen that was bound by endogenous canine ...
Melissa J. Beall   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular detection of Leishmania infantum, filariae and Wolbachia spp. in dogs from southern Portugal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Leishmaniosis caused by the protozoan Leishmania infantum and dirofilariosis caused by the nematodes Dirofilaria immitis or Dirofilaria repens are vector-borne zoonoses widely present in the Mediterranean basin.
A Oleaga   +32 more
core   +3 more sources

Immunologic Protection against Canine Heartworm Infection.

open access: yesJournal of Veterinary Medical Science, 1997
This study was conducted to evaluate protective efficiency of three different protocols for vaccination in canine heartworm infection. To evaluate the three protocols of immunization, dogs were separately immunized with living larvae; 1) immunization with gamma-attenuated infective larvae, 2) with 50 micrograms/kg ivermectin-abbreviation, and 3) with ...
M, Yoshida   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Eosinophilic bronchitis, eosinophilic granuloma, and eosinophilic bronchopneumopathy in 75 dogs (2006-2016). [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
BackgroundEosinophilic lung disease is a poorly understood inflammatory airway disease that results in substantial morbidity.ObjectiveTo describe clinical findings in dogs with eosinophilic lung disease defined on the basis of radiographic, bronchoscopic,
Dear, Jonathan D   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Detection of heartworm antigen without cross-reactivity to helminths and protozoa following heat treatment of canine serum

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Detection of Dirofilaria immitis, or heartworm, through antigen in sera is the primary means of diagnosing infections in dogs. In recent years, the practice of heat-treating serum prior to antigen testing has demonstrated improved detection of
Jeff M. Gruntmeir   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fifth European Dirofilaria and Angiostrongylus Days (FiEDAD) 2016 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
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Acatrinei, Dumitru   +275 more
core   +1 more source

Prevalence of heartworm in dogs and cats of Madrid, Spain

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2017
Background Dirofilaria immitis causes heartworm disease, a chronic and potentially fatal cardiopulmonary disease which mainly affects dogs and cats. It is present in most of Spain, due to favourable climatic factors.
José Alberto Montoya-Alonso   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Necrotizing meningoencephalitis in atypical dog breeds: a case series and literature review. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BackgroundCanine necrotizing meningoencephalitis (NME) is a fatal, noninfectious inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. NME has been reported only in a small number of dog breeds, which has led to the presumption that it is a breed-restricted disorder.
Cooper, JJ   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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