| seroepidemiological survey and spatial analysis of the occurrence of angiostrongylus vasorum in swiss dogs in relation to biogeographic aspects. | angiostrongylus vasorum is a metastrongyloid nematode living in the pulmonary arteries and in the right heart causing potentially fatal respiratory distress, coagulopathies and a wide range of other clinical signs in dogs. the aim of this study was to investigate the seroprevalence and distribution of a. vasorum in swiss dogs and to identify correlations with biogeographic aspects. a total of 6136 dog sera from all over the country submitted by veterinarians for haematological or chemical analys ... | 2015 | 26342624 |