SUDDEN-DEATH DUE TO PARAGONIMUS-KELLICOTTI INFECTION IN A DOG

Authors
HARRUS S NYSKA A COLORNI A MARKOVICS A
Citation
S. Harrus et al., SUDDEN-DEATH DUE TO PARAGONIMUS-KELLICOTTI INFECTION IN A DOG, Veterinary parasitology, 71(1), 1997, pp. 59-63
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology,"Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Veterinary parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03044017
Volume
71
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
59 - 63
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-4017(1997)71:1<59:SDTPII>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A sudden death due to Paragonimus kellicotti infection in a dog that h ad had no previous clinical signs of illness until the day of admissio n to the veterinary hospital is documented. The clinical, haematologic al and biochemical abnormalities, as well as postmortem findings, are presented. This report represents the first case of canine paragonimia sis in Israel, and discusses the possibility of this fluke becoming es tablished in the Middle East. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.