scholarly journals ANGIOSTRONGILOSE CANINA: RELATO DE CASO

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thatiane Alves Nogueira ◽  
Mateus Cortines Filipecki ◽  
Rachel Marques Pinheiro ◽  
Lilian Cristina De Sousa Oliveira Batista Cirne
Keyword(s):  
Angiostrongylus Vasorum

Introdução: Angiostrongylus vasorum é um nematoide parasito de canídeos domésticos e silvestres, cuja forma adulta pode ser encontrada no ventrículo direito, artérias pulmonares e ramificações. O ciclo do parasito é do tipo heteróxeno, seus hospedeiros definitivos são os canídeos e seus hospedeiros intermediários são moluscos terrestres e aquáticos que se infectam pela ingestão de larvas de primeiro estádio. Os canídeos podem ser infectados através da ingestão de hospedeiros paratênicos como anfíbios. Os sinais clínicos apresentados são: apatia, náusea, vômito, tosse, perda de peso, anorexia, ascite, menor tolerância a atividade física, dispneia intensa e dor abdominal. O diagnóstico clínico é feito através de testes laboratoriais juntamente com os sinais clínicos apresentados. No diagnóstico diferencial os principais achados são bronquite crônica e asma e pode ser utilizado os exames radiológicos, ecocardiográficos e eletrocardiográficos para o diagnóstico. Objetivo: relatar o caso clínico de um canino doméstico acometido por Angiostrongilose. Materiais e Métodos: revisão do prontuário, entrevista com tutor, registro fotográfico dos métodos diagnósticos, aos quais o paciente foi submetido e revisão da literatura. Resultados: as ocorrências de angiostrongilose na clínica médica são muito importantes para o conhecimento e no cotidiano do médico veterinário, além da contribuição para as estratégias adotadas para o diagnóstico e tratamento das doenças. A sintomatologia cardiorrespiratória pode ser justificada pela infiltração de células inflamatórias e broncopneumonia, resultantes da deposição de ovos e migração das larvas pela árvore brônquica do hospedeiro, nos achados radiográficos relacionados com o caso foi diagnosticado a broncopneumonia, e assim direcionado o diagnóstico. Conclusão: os sintomas de angiostrongilose canina pode ser confundida facilmente com outras enfermidades. Exames laboratoriais e de imagens são essenciais para o diagnóstico de angiostrongilose uma vez que sem eles os sinais clínicos apresentados são inconclusivos ao diagnóstico final.

Disseminierte intravasale Koagulopathie bei einem Hund mit Angiostrongylus-vasorum-Infektion

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (06) ◽  
pp. 401-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. D. Kruse ◽  
K. Hartmann ◽  
A. Groth ◽  
B. Schulz ◽  
A. Wehner
Keyword(s):  
Klinische Untersuchung ◽  
Angiostrongylus Vasorum ◽  
Respiratorische Symptome ◽  
D Dimer

ZusammenfassungEine 2 Jahre alte kastrierte Epagneul-Breton-Hündin wurde wegen Ekchymosen bei ungestörtem Allgemeinbefinden vorgestellt. Die klinische Untersuchung ergab zusätzliche Petechien sowie ein Hämatom. Auslandsaufenthalte inkludierten Italien und Dänemark. Labordiagnostisch fielen eine mittelgradige Thrombozytopenie, verlängerte Gerinnungszeiten (PT, aPTT, TT) und eine erhöhte D-Dimer-Konzentration. Die initiale Therapie umfasste Plasmatransfusionen, Infusion sowie Doxycyclinund Famotidingabe. Die Infektionserkrankungen Babesiose, Ehrlichiose, Leishmaniose, Dirofilariose und Anaplasmose konnten nicht bestätigt werden. Eine sonographische Untersuchung des Abdomens ergab unauffällige Befunde, das Thoraxröntgen zeigte ein bronchointerstitielles Lungenmuster. Eine Sammelkotprobe über 3 Tage für ein Larvenauswanderungsverfahren nach Baermann war positiv für Angiostrongylus vasorum. Die A.-vasorum-Infektion wurde mit Fenbendazol erfolgreich therapiert, worauf die Thrombozytopenie und die abnormen Gerinnungszeiten rückläufig waren. Auch in Gebieten mit niedriger Prävalenz sollte bei Hunden mit Gerinnungsstörungen an eine A.-vasorum-Infektion gedacht werden. Respiratorische Symptome können bei dieser Erkrankung komplett fehlen. Der Patient könnte sich sowohl im Ausland als auch in Deutschland infiziert haben.

Nematodeninfektionen des Respirationstrakts bei Hunden in Deutschland

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (05) ◽  
pp. 326-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Barutzki
Keyword(s):  
Angiostrongylus Vasorum ◽  
Crenosoma Vulpis ◽  
Diagnose Und Therapie

ZusammenfassungNeue Arbeiten zum Lungenwurmbefall bei Hunden signalisieren, dass sich das Infektionsrisiko für Hunde in Deutschland in den letzten Jahren möglicherweise erhöht hat. Auswertungen von Kotuntersuchungen zeigen außerdem, dass Angiostrongylus vasorum, Crenosoma vulpis und Eucoleus aerophilus bei Hunden in Deutschland endemisiert sind. Von insgesamt 223 mit A. vasorum infizierten Hunden waren 102 in Baden-Württemberg beheimatet, 65 in Nordrhein-Westfalen, 27 im Saarland, 15 in Bayern, 7 in Rheinland-Pfalz, 5 in Hessen und 2 in Brandenburg. Von 170 C.-vulpis-positiven Hunden lebten 54 in Nordrhein-Westfalen, 40 in Baden-Württemberg, 30 in Bayern, jeweils 17 in Rheinland-Pfalz und im Saarland, 9 in Hessen und jeweils 1 Hund in Niedersachen, Berlin und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Ein Befall mit E. aerophilus wurde bei 83 Hunden festgestellt, von denen 23 aus Baden-Württemberg, 20 aus Nordrhein-Westfalen, 17 aus Bayern, 11 aus Rheinland-Pfalz, 7 aus Hessen, 4 aus dem Saarland und 1 Hund aus Mecklenburg-Vorpommern stammten. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Infektionen mit Lungenwürmern bei Hunden in vielen Gebieten in Deutschland etabliert sind. Mit der vorliegenden Arbeit sollen die wesentlichen Fakten der Erkrankung zusammengestellt und ein Überblick über Vorkommen und Verbreitung, zur Klinik, Diagnose und Therapie der Lungenwurminfektionen beim Hund gegeben werden.

scholarly journals Infectivity of gastropod-shed third-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus vasorum and Crenosoma vulpis to dogs

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
William Robbins ◽  
Gary Conboy ◽  
Spencer Greenwood ◽  
Roland Schaper
Keyword(s):  
Tap Water ◽  
Natural Infection ◽  
Angiostrongylus Vasorum ◽  
Intermediate Hosts ◽  
Red Foxes ◽  
Romaine Lettuce ◽  
Crenosoma Vulpis ◽  
Artificial Digestion ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
Limax Maximus

Abstract Background Metastrongyloid parasites Angiostrongylus vasorum and Crenosoma vulpis infect wild and domestic canids and are important pathogens in dogs. Recent studies indicate that gastropod intermediate hosts infected with various metastrongyloids spontaneously shed infective third-stage larvae (L3) into the environment via feces and mucus under laboratory conditions. Shed L3 retain motility up to 120 days, but whether they retain infectivity was unknown. Methods To assess the infectivity of shed L3, the heart/lungs of six red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) were obtained from trappers in Newfoundland, Canada. Lungs were examined for first-stage larvae (L1) by the Baermann technique. A high number of viable A. vasorum L1 and a low number of C. vulpis L1 were recovered from one fox; these were used to infect naïve laboratory-raised Limax maximus. L3 recovered from slugs by artificial digestion were fed to two naïve purpose-bred research beagles (100 L3/dog). L1 shed by these two dogs was used to infect 546 L. maximus (2000–10,000 L1/slug). L3 shedding was induced by anesthetizing slugs in soda water and transferring them into warm (45 °C) tap water for at least 8 h. Shed L3 recovered from slugs were aliquoted on romaine lettuce in six-well tissue culture plates (80–500 L3/well) and stored at 16 °C/75% relative humidity. Four naïve research beagles were then exposed to 100 L3/dog from larvae stored for 0, 2, 4, or 8 weeks, respectively, after shedding. Results All four dogs began shedding C. vulpis L1 by 26–36 days post-infection (PI). All four dogs began shedding A. vasorum L1 by 50 days PI. Conclusions L3 infectivity for the definitive host was retained in both metastrongyloids, indicating the potential for natural infection in dogs through exposure from environmental contamination. As an additional exposure route, eating or licking plant or other material(s) contaminated with metastrongyloid L3 could dramatically increase the number of dogs at risk of infection from these parasites. Graphic Abstract

First report of Angiostrongylus vasorum in coyotes in mainland North America

2018 ◽  
Vol 183 (24) ◽  
pp. 747-747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenna Marie Priest ◽  
Donald T Stewart ◽  
Michael Boudreau ◽  
Jason Power ◽  
Dave Shutler
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Angiostrongylus Vasorum ◽  
First Report

scholarly journals Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in dogs from a cardiopulmonary dirofilariosis endemic area of Northwestern Italy: a case study and a retrospective data analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuela Olivieri ◽  
Sergio Aurelio Zanzani ◽  
Alessia Libera Gazzonis ◽  
Chiara Giudice ◽  
Paola Brambilla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Angiostrongylus Vasorum ◽  
Retrospective Data ◽  
Retrospective Data Analysis

scholarly journals Biochemical serum profiles in dogs experimentally infected with Angiostrongylus vasorum (Baillet, 1866)

2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 121-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.C. Cury ◽  
M.P. Guimarães ◽  
W.S. Lima ◽  
M.C.M. Caldeira ◽  
T.R. Couto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Angiostrongylus Vasorum

scholarly journals Combined Serological Detection of Circulating Angiostrongylus vasorum Antigen and Parasite-specific Antibodies in Dogs from Hungary

2015 ◽  
Vol 114 (S1) ◽  
pp. 145-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela Schnyder ◽  
Roland Schaper ◽  
Zoltán Lukács ◽  
Sándor Hornok ◽  
Róbert Farkas
Keyword(s):  
Angiostrongylus Vasorum ◽  
Serological Detection ◽  
Specific Antibodies

scholarly journals The effect of host age and inoculation dose on infection dynamics of Angiostrongylus vasorum in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pia Webster ◽  
Jesper Monrad ◽  
Christian M. O. Kapel ◽  
Annemarie T. Kristensen ◽  
Asger L. Jensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vulpes Vulpes ◽  
Angiostrongylus Vasorum ◽  
Host Age ◽  
Red Foxes ◽  
Inoculation Dose ◽  
Infection Dynamics

scholarly journals In vitro activity of a serine protease from Monacrosporium thaumasium fungus against first-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus vasorum

2012 ◽  
Vol 110 (6) ◽  
pp. 2423-2427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filippe E. F. Soares ◽  
Fabio R. Braga ◽  
Jackson V. Araújo ◽  
Walter dos Santos Lima ◽  
Lanuze R. Mozer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Serine Protease ◽  
Angiostrongylus Vasorum ◽  
Vitro Activity ◽  
In Vitro Activity

scholarly journals Highly Variable Clinical Pictures in Dogs Naturally Infected with Angiostrongylus vasorum

Pathogens ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1372
Author(s):  
Mariasole Colombo ◽  
Donato Traversa ◽  
Eleonora Grillotti ◽  
Carlo Pezzuto ◽  
Cesare De Tommaso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Sudden Onset ◽  
High Variability ◽  
Angiostrongylus Vasorum ◽  
Coagulation Disorders ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Healthy Dogs ◽  
Clinical Pictures ◽  
Apparently Healthy

Canine angiostrongylosis by Angiostrongylus vasorum is increasingly reported in both enzootic and previously free areas. The complex pathogenesis of the disease makes the clinical workup challenging. Infected dogs show highly variable clinical pictures, characterized by subclinical to life-threatening general, cardio-respiratory, neurological and/or gastrointestinal signs. The present study reports the high variability of clinical pictures from 36 dogs across central and southern Italy that were naturally infected by A. vasorum. Of them, 23 (63.9%) presented at least one clinical sign, while 13 (36.1%) were subclinically infected and apparently healthy. Overall, 19 dogs (52.8%) showed cardiorespiratory signs, 14 (38.9%) had non-specific abnormalities, 2 (5.6%) presented coagulation disorders and 1 (2.8%) had a severe neurological condition. Importantly, four dogs presenting with clinical signs had neither cough nor dyspnea. These results underline that angiostrongylosis should be included in the differential diagnosis, even when dogs display only non-specific clinical signs. The proportion of apparently healthy dogs highlights the relevance of routine copromicroscopic and/or antigenic tests in enzootic areas to avoid the sudden onset of potentially life-threatening signs.

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