Mixed trichuroid infestation in a dog from Italy

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Donato Traversa²  Domenico Otranto¹  Silvana Meloni²  Giuseppe Castagna²  Angela Di Cesare² 

[1]Department of Public Health and Zootechny, University of Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy

[2]Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Teramo, Valenzano, Italy

关键词: Diagnosis;    Mixed infestation;    Italy;    Trichuris vulpis;    Capillaria boehmi;    Capillaria aerophila;   

Others  :  1231769
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-3305-5-128

 received in 2012-04-14, accepted in 2012-06-25,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Capillaria aerophila, Capillaria boehmi and Trichuris vulpis are trichuroid nematodes affecting wild and companion animals all over the World. The canine intestinal whipworm, T. vulpis, is the most common and well- known in veterinary practice, whereas the respiratory C. aerophila and C. boehmi have been rarely reported in pets as a likely consequence of overlapping morphometric and morphological features of the eggs, which impair a correct etiological diagnosis.

Findings

In December 2011, a mixed infestation by T. vulpis, C. aerophila and C. boehmi was diagnosed in an asymptomatic dog living in central Italy. Morphometric and morphological findings and pictures of the eggs found at the copromicroscopic analysis are herein reported.

Conclusions

The present work demonstrates that when trichuroid eggs are found in a faecal sample from a dog, a careful morphological and morphometric analysis of individual parasite elements is mandatory. Key diagnostic features (i.e., size, wall surface pattern and aspects of plugs) should be carefully examined when eggs with overlapping shape and appearance are detected. In conclusion, given the importance in clinical practice of canine trichuroids and the zoonotic potential of C. aerophila, these nematodes should be included into the differential diagnosis of intestinal and respiratory parasitoses of dogs by a thorough microscopic analysis of all trichuroid ova present in microscopic fields.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Di Cesare et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd

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