Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Tapeworm infection in a UK springer spaniel dog with weight loss
By J. Mcgarry et al.Ā·Published in The Veterinary RecordĀ·2020Ā·View original on Semantic Scholar ā
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Original publication title: UK report of tapeworm Mesocestoides litteratus
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Plain-English summary
A one-year-old female springer spaniel was brought to the vet after her owner noticed she was losing weight and had tapeworm segments in her poop. The dog was eating twice her normal amount of food but still losing weight, likely due to a tapeworm infection from scavenging gamebird carcasses. The vet diagnosed her with a tapeworm called Mesocestoides litteratus, which is common in Mediterranean areas but rare in the UK. Treatment was given, and the dog was expected to recover after the appropriate medication cleared the infection.
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Abstract
Tapeworms in the genus Mesocestoides infect wild carnivores and domestic dogs in many European countries but, as far as we are aware, the only record of these parasites in the UK is from a study on helminths of wild cats in Scotland almost 40 years ago.1 We wish to report a case of recurrent infection with Mesocestoides litteratus , a species widespread in Mediterranean regions, in a gundog in Gloucestershire. The dog ā a one-year-old untravelled female springer spaniel ā was seen in early September 2018 at Stow Veterinary Surgeons. It had numerous tapeworm segments in the faeces, along with weight loss and compensatory feeding amounting to twice its normal food intake. As a working dog it picked up pheasant, duck, partridge, woodcock and pigeon and regularly scavenged gamebird carcases; feathers and small bones were noted in the faeces, which, on ā¦
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