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Infection with Crenosoma vulpis lungworm in a dog in the Czech Republic

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Helminthologia

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A one-year-old female Shetland Sheepdog was presented with chronic cough. The patient exhibited tachypnea and moist cough, bronchoscopic examination revealed a hyperaemic trachea and mucopurulent exudate affecting the lower bronchi. Nematode parasites were observed during bronchoscopy and were collected by bronchoalveolar lavage. Microscopic examination of the collected fluid confirmed C. vulpis infection; L1 larvae were found in during coproscopy. Although other cases of canine C. vulpis infection have been previously recorded in Europe, the case reported herein is the first in a dog from Czech Republic.

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  1. Small Animal Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackého 1/3, 612 42, Brno, Czech Republic

    R. Husník & S. Kovaříková

  2. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackého 1/3, 612 42, Brno, Czech Republic

    M. Sloboda & B. Koudela

  3. Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

    B. Koudela

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Husník, R., Sloboda, M., Kovaříková, S. et al. Infection with Crenosoma vulpis lungworm in a dog in the Czech Republic. Helminthologia 48, 56–58 (2011). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-011-0010-x

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