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An adult male mongrel dog that had spent its entire life in Hungary, was found to have infection with filaroid nematodes of the genus Onchocerca. The gravid male and female parasites were embedded in bean-sized granulomatous masses on the conjunctiva and the sclera of both eyes. The cuticle of females consisted of two separated layers in longitudinal sections, the external layer bearing ridges and the internal layer showing striations. The ridges were marked, rounded in shape, and the ratio of body diameter to the distance between ridges varied between 7:1 and 10:1. At midbody of the worms, two striations could be seen between each pair of ridges: one under every ridge and one between neighbouring ridges. Numerous exceptionally small (96.4 m × 6.4 m) microfilariae were seen in the uteri of females and the surrounding tissues and isolated from skin biopsy materials. The morphology and location of the parasite and histopathological lesions of the Hungarian case were similar to that described in dogs in the United States. This case is the first documented ocular Onchocerca infection in dogs outside the western United States. Thus, onchocercosis should be considered in the differential

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Author

Z Széll; I Erdélyi; T Sréter; M Albert; I Varga

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0304-4017)

Published

2001

Language

EN

Field

Immunology and Microbiology (Life Sciences)