First clinical Strongyloides stercoralis case in a dog in Turkey

Umur Ş., Meral Y., Bölükbaş C. S., GÜRLER A. T., Açıcı M.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES, cilt.41, sa.2, ss.312-315, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 41 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3906/vet-1606-2
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.312-315
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Dog, ivermectin, Strongyloides stercoralis, treatment, Turkey, INFECTION, KENNEL
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A 2.5-year-old small male Cavalier King Charles spaniel was brought to Ondokuz Mayis University's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Animal Hospital with symptoms of severe watery diarrhea, pain during defecation, intermittent cough, vomiting, and emaciation. Examination of the fecal smear revealed moderate infection of Strongyloides stercoralis larvae and two adult females. Counting of the larvae in feces was performed by Baermann method and 20 larvae were determined per gram of feces. The dog was treated with ivermectin (Avromec, 0.2 mg/kg subcutaneously) and multivitamin syrup (Vitabiol) for 5 days for supporting the body condition. This paper is the first clinical case report of S. stercoralis in a dog in Turkey.