First record of Acanthocheilonema dracunculoides from domestic dogs in Namibia

J S Afr Vet Assoc. 2006 Dec;77(4):220-1. doi: 10.4102/jsava.v77i4.381.

Abstract

Acanthocheilonema dracunculoides was diagnosed in 2 dogs from Windhoek, Namibia, by acid phosphatase staining of microfilariae. This is the 1st record of A. dracunculoides in Namibia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antiparasitic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Dipetalonema / isolation & purification*
  • Dipetalonema Infections / diagnosis
  • Dipetalonema Infections / drug therapy
  • Dipetalonema Infections / epidemiology
  • Dipetalonema Infections / veterinary*
  • Dog Diseases / diagnosis
  • Dog Diseases / drug therapy
  • Dog Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Dogs
  • Female
  • Ivermectin / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Namibia / epidemiology

Substances

  • Antiparasitic Agents
  • Ivermectin