Veterinary Record · 1985 · 12 citations · 0 references
Veterinary MedicineVeterinary ParasitologyVeterinary PathologyCanine Internal MedicineDiagnostic ParasitologyVeterinary Parasitic DiseasesAnimal Infectious DiseasesImmunopathology Of Parasitic DiseaseParasitic Disease DiagnosisParasitic Disease PathogenesisParasitic DiseasesParasitic PathologyDisease FociInfection Foci IdentificationIntra-articular AdministrationParasitic HistopathologyParasitic Lesion IdentificationParasitic Pulmonary PathologyPulmonary Parasitic PathologyRespiratory Parasitic Disease
Filaroides hirthi was identified in large numbers in the lungs of a British bred beagle dog that had received 10 monthly intra-articular injections of a corticosteroid. The dog was terminally hyperpnoeic and eosinophil and reticulocyte counts were raised. At autopsy, the lungs failed to collapse and minute black and red foci were found throughout the lung parenchyma. These foci were identified histologically as parasites and focal haemorrhage. Migrating larvae were found in the liver and mesenteric lymph nodes. F hirthi has not previously been definitively identified in British dogs and the principal features of its identification and control are discussed.