Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Fatal multi-organ Clonorchis sinensis infection in dog: a case report.
- Journal:
- Veterinary parasitology
- Year:
- 2013
- Authors:
- Ye, Chun-Yang et al.
- Affiliation:
- The Third People's Hospital of Changzhou · China
- Species:
- dog
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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