| first reports of autochthonous eyeworm infection by thelazia callipaeda (spirurida, thelaziidae) in dogs and cat from france. | thelazia callipaeda (spirurida, thelaziidae) is a small nematode living in the conjunctival sac of domestic and wild carnivores, rabbits and humans causing lacrimation, epiphora, conjunctivitis, keratitis and even corneal ulcers. the first autochthonous cases of thelaziosis affecting four dogs and one cat living in south western france (dordogne area) are reported and described. nematodes recovered from the animals were morphologically identified as t. callipaeda and a partial region of the cyto ... | 2007 | 17854998 |