| detection of angiostrongylus vasorum in red foxes (vulpes vulpes) from brandenburg, germany. | angiostrongylus (a.) vasorum is a nematode that causes angiostrongylosis in domestic and wild canids. red foxes (vulpes vulpes) and raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides) are suspected of providing a wildlife reservoir for a. vasorum infections in pet dogs. to obtain data on the occurrence of a. vasorum in wildlife, red fox and raccoon dog carcasses (hunted or found dead) were collected from january to september 2009 in the federal state of brandenburg, germany. lung tissue samples were subject ... | 2015 | 26152419 |
| [nematode infections of the respiratory tract in dogs in germany]. | recent studies have shown that the risk of lungworm infection may have increased in dogs in germany in recent years. analysis of the fecal examination of dogs has shown that angiostrongylus vasorum, crenosoma vulpis and eucoleus aerophilus are endemic in germany. infections with a. vasorum were diagnosed in 223 of the examined dogs. a total of 102 a. vasorum-positive dogs were located in baden-wuerttemberg, 65 in north rhine-westphalia, 27 in saarland, 15 in bavaria, 7 in rhineland-palatinate, 5 ... | 2013 | 24127030 |
| natural infections of angiostrongylus vasorum and crenosoma vulpis in dogs in germany (2007-2009). | in order to assess the occurrence and regional geographical distribution of angiostrongylus vasorum and crenosoma vulpis in germany, faecal samples of 810 dogs with clinical symptoms of respiratory and circulatory disease, bleeding disorder and/or neurological signs were collected from september 2007 to march 2009. the zinc chloride/sodium chloride flotation and baermann funnel technique were used to examine the samples for presence of lungworm larvae. infections with lungworms were diagnosed in ... | 2009 | 19575224 |