A case of canine Angiostrongylus vasorum in Scotland confirmed by PCR and sequence analysis

J Small Anim Pract. 2009 May;50(5):255-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2009.00741.x.

Abstract

This report describes the first recognised case of Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in a native Scottish dog and its diagnostic confirmation using polymerase chain reaction. The use of this technique to definitively diagnose canine angiostrongylosis confirms the presence of this epidemiologically significant case. The implications of the changing distribution of this parasite are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiostrongylus / genetics*
  • Angiostrongylus / isolation & purification
  • Animals
  • DNA Primers
  • Databases, Nucleic Acid
  • Dog Diseases / blood
  • Dog Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Dog Diseases / parasitology*
  • Dogs
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Male
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
  • RNA, Ribosomal
  • Scotland
  • Sequence Analysis / veterinary
  • Strongylida Infections / blood
  • Strongylida Infections / diagnosis
  • Strongylida Infections / veterinary*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • RNA, Ribosomal