Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Suspected autochthonous Thelazia callipaeda infection in a dog in northern Germany.
- Journal:
- Parasitology research
- Year:
- 2020
- Authors:
- Lebedewa, Sophia L et al.
- Affiliation:
- Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine · Germany
- Species:
- dog
Abstract
A 12-year old Elo dog was presented with recurring symptoms of conjunctivitis in November 2019. A single whitish nematode was found upon inspection of the eye and identified as a Thelazia callipaeda male. The morphological identification of the eye worm was supported by analysis of a partial cytochrome c oxidase I (cox1) gene sequence. The dog lived in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany, and had not visited regions known to be endemic for T. callipaeda. This suggests that a local transmission cycle of this zoonotic nematode may exist in Germany.
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