Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with painful skin lump in the Netherlands cured of worm infection
By Overgaauw, P A M & van Dijk, E P·Published in Tijdschrift voor diergeneeskunde·2009·IRAS, Netherlands·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: [A worm infection in the skin of a dog. First autochthonous Dirofilaria repens infection ofa dog in the Netherlands].
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Plain-English summary
An 18-month-old English bulldog was brought to the vet with a painful lump on its thigh. After examining the lump, the vet discovered it was caused by a skin infection from Dirofilaria repens, a type of worm typically spread by mosquitoes. The dog was treated with a medication called milbemycin and made a full recovery. Interestingly, the dog had never traveled abroad but had been camping in an area with many mosquitoes just six months prior.
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Abstract
The history of an 18-month-old English bulldog with a painful lump in the skin on its thigh is described. After opening the nodule a few Dirofilaria repens nematodes were found. Oval-shaped transparent eggs with moving larvae were seen microscopically. The dog was treated with milbemycin and made a complete recovery. The dog had never been abroad, but 6 months earlier in early May had been on a campsite in the middle of the Netherlands where many mosquitoes were present. This is the first described case of an autochthonous D. repens infection of a dog in the Netherlands.
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