| angiostrongylus vasorum in 20 dogs in the province of chieti, italy. | after a case of angiostrongylus vasorum (canine lungworm) was diagnosed in the province of chieti (italy) in early 2008, parasitological research was conducted to investigate the presence of the parasite in dogs in the area. a total of 178 dogs, 56 carcasses and 122 stool samples were examined between january and september 2008. the carcasses were examined for the presence of adult parasites in the right ventricle and pulmonary artery, and larval forms in the internal organ and brain tissues. th ... | 2011 | 21240853 |
| canine and feline infections by cardiopulmonary nematodes in central and southern italy. | capillaria aerophila, aelurostrongylus abstrusus, angiostrongylus vasorum and dirofilaria immitis are cardiopulmonary nematodes affecting dogs and cats and presently emerging in several countries. the results obtained in 2009 - 2010 during a study aiming to investigate the occurrence of these nematodes in regions from central (marche and abruzzo regions - sites a and b, respectively) and southern (apulia - site c) italy are here reported. a total of 534 and 436 individual faecal samples collecte ... | 2011 | 21739378 |