[A case of alveolar hydatid disease in a dog: domestic animals as rare incidental intermediate hosts for Echinococcus multilocularis]. / Ein Fall von alveolärer Echinococcose beim Hund: Haustiere als seltene Fehlzwischenwirte von Echinococcus multilocularis.
Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd
; 149(3): 123-7, 2007 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
A 2-years old male Labrador retriever dog was presented with intermittent therapy-resistant diarrhoea, accompanied by vomiting, inappetence, apathy, and mild fever. The blood analysis showed an anaemia, neutrophilia, eosinophilia, and increased liver enzymes. Abdominal palpation was slightly painful. X-rays and echography revealed a severely enlarged liver with multiple cavernous structures. Histopathologic examination of liver biopsies showed a severe chronic granulomatous hepatitis with numerous parasitic cysts. Morphology of the cysts was compatible with the metacestode stage of Echinococcus multilocularis. The dog was only 2-years old at the time of diagnosis. Although alveolar hydatid disease of the liver is rare in dogs, it should be envisaged as a possible differential diagnosis in cases of space-occupying processes in the liver, even in young animals, as the incubation period of this disease in the dog can be considerably shorter than in humans.
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01-internacional
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Asunto principal:
Echinococcus multilocularis
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Enfermedades de los Perros
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Equinococosis
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Animals
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Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd
Año:
2007
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Article