Spirocercosis in a stray dog in Matola city, Southern Mozambique
This report describes the clinical and post mortem findings of a case of spirocercosis in a stray dogin Matola City, southern Mozambique. On clinical examination, the animal presented poor bodycondition, depression, dehydration, anorexia, dysphagia, and was reluctant to move. During necropsythe dist...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) |
| Repositorio: | Revista de patologia tropical (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/33617 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/33617 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Spirocerca lupi esophagus dog Mozambique. Pathology esôfago cão Moçambique. Patologia |
| Sumario: | This report describes the clinical and post mortem findings of a case of spirocercosis in a stray dogin Matola City, southern Mozambique. On clinical examination, the animal presented poor bodycondition, depression, dehydration, anorexia, dysphagia, and was reluctant to move. During necropsythe distal third of the thoracic esophagus presented three nodules with diameters of 3.5, 2.5 and 1.5cm, containing Spirocerca lupi adult worms. The diagnosis of spirocercosis was based on necropsyfindings, coproparasitological results and histopathological examination of the lesions. This casereport emphasizes the importance of performing post mortem examination of stray animals and increases the awareness that spirocercosis should be considered as a differential diagnosis in dogspresenting with similar clinical manifestations to those described in this case. |
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