Filaroides hirthi verminous pneumonia in a West Highland white terrier bred in Ireland |
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Authors: | P. R. Torgerson,,G. McCarthy, W. J. C. Donnelly,&dagger |
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Affiliation: | Departments of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, University College Dublin. Ballsbridge, Dublin 4;*Departments of Small Animal Clinical Studies, University College Dublin. Ballsbridge, Dublin 4;†Departments of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin. Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 |
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Abstract: | A two-year-old West Highland white terrier, which had failed to thrive from six months of age, presented with acute onset dyspnoea. Radiography showed a diffuse pulmonary infiltrate throughout both lungs. Haematological abnormalities were an absolute neutrophilia and eosinophilia. Postmortem examination revealed uniform consolidation of both lungs which was defined histologically as a verminous granulomatous pneumonia. Metastrongyle larvae, isolated from the pulmonary tissue, had the morphological characteristics of Filaroides species. On the basis of the pathological changes and the larval morphology, a presumptive diagnosis of F hirthi pneumonia was made. This is believed to be the first report of disease due to this parasite in Ireland. |
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