Eucoleosis por Eucoleus boehmi en un canino con elevadas cargas parasitarias

Eucoleus boehmi (sin. Capillaria boehmi) es un parásito nematodo trichurideo del tracto respiratorio superior en cánidos y de curso generalmente asintomático. Se presenta el caso clínico de un canino macho mestizo de 9 años de edad, procedente de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, que había sido tratado previamente por eucoleosis, que presentaba tos, estornudos, estornudos inversos, abundante secreción nasal serosa bilateral. Se realizó un análisis de materia fecal por las técnicas de Bembrook y McMaster revelando la presencia de 10 900 hpg de E. boehmi. Se realizó el tratamiento y seguimiento del paciente hasta la remisión completa de los signos clínicos y la ausencia de huevos en materia fecal.

Cardiorespiratory and gastrointestinal parasites of dogs in north-west Italy

SummaryThe present study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of gastrointestinal and cardio-respiratory parasites in dogs in Liguria (northwest Italy) which is a region that has scarcely been studied. A total of 450 dogs (260 males and 190 females) were enrolled in the study from 2009 and 2013. All dogs lived in a rural or semi-rural environment in the provinces of Imperia (n = 352) or Savona (n = 98), Liguria. Coprological examinations showed that 197 dogs (43.8 %, CI 38.7-48.9 %) were infected by parasites. Specifically, 3.3 % of the dogs presented only cardio-respiratory species, 32.4 % only intestinal species, and 8.0 % presented a mixed infection.The most frequent intestinal parasites wereToxocara canis(20 %),Trichuris vulpis(17.8 %), Ancylostomatidae (12 %), Coccidia (2.7 %),Aonchotheca putorii(1.8 %) andToxascaris leonina(1.8 %). The cardio-respiratory species found wereEucoleus aerophilus(9.6 %),Eucoleus boehmi(1.6 %),Angiostrongylus vasorum(0.7 %), andCrenosoma vulpis(0.2 %). A total of 116 dogs (25.8 %) were parasitized by a single species, multiple infections were observed in 81 dogs (18.0 %) up to a six-order infection.This preliminary study highlighted that the prevalence of intestinal parasites in investigated area is high. Cardio respiratory parasites were detected in an area that has not been investigated before. The creation of a more extensive sampling programme of the area, on a provincial basis in order to build a more detailed map of prevalences for different species of dog parasites throughout Liguria, a more extensive sampling programme of the area needs to be created - ideally for each province.