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Dog died from heavy Clonorchis sinensis infection in multiple organs

By Ye, Chun-Yang et al.·Published in Veterinary parasitology·2013·The Third People's Hospital of Changzhou, China·View original on PubMed

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Original publication title: Fatal multi-organ Clonorchis sinensis infection in dog: a case report.

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Plain-English summary

A dog was diagnosed with a severe and fatal infection caused by a large number of Clonorchis sinensis worms, which affected multiple organs including the abdomen, bladder, and heart. The infection was extremely serious, with over 155,000 worms found in various stages of development, mostly as adults. Unfortunately, despite veterinary care, the dog did not survive due to the extensive damage caused by the infection.

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Abstract

We describe here a fatal case of a dog with extensive Clonorchis sinensis (C. sinensis) infection. C. sinensis were detected in organs including the abdomen, bladder and heart. The infection was very heavy with a total number of 155,183 worms. These worms were in different developmental stages, but the majority of them were adult.

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Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23643359/