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A case of a dog refractory to different treatments for pulmonary capillariasis

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Pulmonary capillariasis is a parasitic disease caused by the nematode Eucoleus aerophilus which affects wild and domestic carnivores. Currently, there are no anthelmintics approved for use in the treatment of dogs infected with E. aerophilus. The use of several anthelmintics has been reported in a few case reports and field efficacy studies in cats; much less is known on the treatment of dogs infected with E. aerophilus. The paper describes a case of a 4-month-old, mixed breed intact male referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) of the Department of Veterinary Medical Science of the University of Bologna for a routine vaccination and tested positive for E. aerophilus. The dog has not been responding to three different administered treatments, such as moxidectin, fenbendazole, and milbemycin oxime. Eighteen months after the first fecal examination, owner has brought in the dog for a routine visit; a coprological examination was requested and performed resulting negative for parasites. Veterinary practitioners, parasitologists, diagnostic laboratories, and dog owners need to be aware of the increased danger of possible treatment failure when attempting to control parasitic infections for which there are no approved anthelmintics with established efficacies available for use.

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  1. Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064, Ozzano Emilia, BO, Italy

    Benedetto Morandi, Maria Chiara Sabetti, Marco Pietra, Giovanni Poglayen, Nikolina Linta & Roberta Galuppi

  2. Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Via San Costanzo 4, 06126, Perugia, Italy

    Fabrizia Veronesi & Giulia Morganti

  3. Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, 550 University Ave, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, C1A 4P3, Canada

    Gary Conboy

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Morandi, B., Sabetti, M.C., Veronesi, F. et al. A case of a dog refractory to different treatments for pulmonary capillariasis. Parasitol Res 120, 1137–1141 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06940-9

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