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KMID : 0425120080460030171
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2008 Volume.46 No. 3 p.171 ~ p.173
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Ectopic Migration of an Adult Heartworm in a Dog with Dirofilariasis
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Oh Hyun-Wook
You Myung-Jo
Jun Hyung-Kyou
Song Kun-Ho
Hayasaki Mineo
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Abstract
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A 3-yr-old female mongrel dog was referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Chungnam National University in the Republic of Korea. An adult heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, was found in the abdominal cavity of the dog during spaying. Dirofilariasis in this dog was also diagnosed by modified Knott’s test, ELISA test, and PCR analysis. The present case is the first report on the migration of an adult dog heartworm to the abdominal cavity of a dog in the Republic of Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Dirofilaria immitis, dog, migration, abdominal cavity
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