Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with large Dracunculus insignis worm infection and skin nodules
By Beyer, T A et al.·Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·1999·Beechwood Veterinary Clinic, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Massive Dracunculus insignis infection in a dog.
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- dog
Plain-English summary
An 11-year-old spayed female Cocker Spaniel was brought to the vet because she had painful lumps on her hind legs and belly. These lumps were red and had pus coming out of them, and a long worm was found in one of the lumps. The vet treated her with several medications, including ivermectin, but the owner continued to find more worms in the lumps for a whole year after treatment. Unfortunately, the infection was persistent despite the treatment efforts.
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Abstract
An 11-year-old 13-kg (28.6-lb) spayed female Cocker Spaniel was examined because of subcutaneous nodules on the hind limbs and ventral aspects of the thorax and abdomen. Focal areas of erythema and pyoderma were associated with the nodules, and purulent exudate could be expressed from a fistula in the nodules. A nematode approximately 20.5 cm in length was isolated from a draining fistula in 1 nodule and identified as Dracunculus insignis. The dog was treated with ivermectin, fenbendazole, and metronidazole, but the owner was still able to recover worms from multiple nodules for the next year.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10023398/