Gastric Physaloptera Infection in 27 Dogs (1997-2019)
| Autor: | Leah Soderman, Kenneth R. Harkin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Physaloptera infection medicine.medical_specialty 030231 tropical medicine Stomach Diseases Spirurida Infections Gastroenterology 030308 mycology & parasitology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Dogs Physaloptera Internal medicine parasitic diseases medicine Animals Dog Diseases Small Animals Feces Retrospective Studies Anthelmintics 0303 health sciences medicine.diagnostic_test biology business.industry Stomach biology.organism_classification Pyrantel Pamoate Chronic vomiting Endoscopy medicine.anatomical_structure Fenbendazole Female business Spiruroidea medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association. 57(1) |
| ISSN: | 1547-3317 |
| Popis: | Infection with the stomach worm Physaloptera spp. in dogs can cause chronic vomiting, although the diagnosis is often difficult owing to a low worm burden, single-sex infections, a failure to produce ova, or ova that are of greater density than solutions routinely used for qualitative fecal flotation. A retrospective evaluation was performed of 27 dogs that had gastric Physaloptera spp. infection confirmed endoscopically. In 23 of 27 dogs (85.2%), chronic vomiting was the chief complaint, and Physaloptera was an incidental finding in 3 dogs with esophageal or gastric foreign bodies. The worm burden was low (1–3 worms) in 21 dogs (77.8%), but 2 dogs were infected with large numbers (>50 worms). Prior therapy with routine doses of anthelmintics was ineffective in eight dogs prior to endoscopy. A higher dose and longer duration of fenbendazole in combination with pyrantel pamoate is recommended for treatment of suspected or confirmed infections. Reinfection is common in some dogs and should not be viewed as treatment failure. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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