Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Angiostrongylus vasorum lungworm infection found in Dutch dogs
By van Doorn, Deborah C K et al.·Published in Veterinary parasitology·2009·Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Netherlands·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Autochthonous Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in dogs in The Netherlands.
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Plain-English summary
Four dogs in The Netherlands were diagnosed with a type of lungworm infection called Angiostrongylus vasorum, which was previously thought not to occur there. Interestingly, three of these dogs had never traveled outside the country. In a follow-up study, fecal samples from 485 local dogs were tested, and larvae of the same lungworm were found in four additional dogs, again with three having never left the country. This suggests that the lungworm is now considered a local risk for dogs in that area.
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Abstract
Until recently, autochthonous infections with Angiostrongylus vasorum were not thought to occur in The Netherlands. However, in 2007 four dogs were diagnosed with angiostrongylosis. Three of them had never left the country. Subsequently, faecal samples from 485 dogs living in the same region where the positive dogs had been diagnosed in 2007 were collected through veterinarians, hunting associations and kennels between January and April 2008. A. vasorum larvae were found in faecal samples of four dogs. Three of those had never been outside the country. Though only few samples were found positive, A. vasorum is now considered autochthonous in The Netherlands.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19304396/