| Abstract: | Ollulanus tricuspis is a small nematode parasite of the
stomach, and its infection has been reported worldwide in cats but only one report in dogs
as post-mortem diagnosis. Two dogs, kept in the Tokyo area, were presented for chronic
vomiting. Chronic gastritis was diagnosed histologically, and many nematodes were detected
in endoscopically-biopsied gastric samples and in the mucus of vomitus in both dogs. The
parasites were small (<1 mm), and their morphological characteristics were consistent
with those previously reported for O. tricuspis. The symptoms in one dog
completely disappeared after anthelmintic therapy. To our knowledge, this is the first
report describing ante-mortem diagnosis of spontaneous gastric O.
tricuspis infection in dogs in which infectivity and pathogenicity of the
nematode are suggested. |
