Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Relationship between hepatic grayish-white solid nodules in horses imported from Canada and larvalinfection.
- Journal:
- The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne
- Year:
- 2021
- Authors:
- Hifumi, Tatsuro et al.
- Affiliation:
- Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine · Japan
- Species:
- horse
Abstract
Histopathological and genetic examinations were conducted on grayish-white solid hepatic nodules in 150 horses imported from Canada, in order to investigate larvalinfection. Ten of the 150 horses (6.7%) were diagnosed with alveolar hydatid disease. The sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b genes obtained from all 10 polymerase chain reaction positive samples had 99 to 100% identity with the European haplotype E1 ofTherefore, we concluded that the infections likely originated in Canada.
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