CASE REPORT
First cases of alveolar echinococcosis in dogs in Poland
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Division of Parasitology and Invasiology, Department of Pre-Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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AWET Veterinary Clinic, Poland
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Four Cats and Fifth Dog Veterinary Clinic, Człuchów, Poland
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VetDiagnostyka Veterinary Laboratory, Lublin, Poland
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Department of Pathology and Veterinary Diagnostic, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites, Warsaw, Poland
Corresponding author
Dawid Jańczak
Division of Parasitology and Invasiology, Department of Pre-Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-787, Warsaw, Poland
Division of Parasitology and Invasiology, Department of Pre-Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-787, Warsaw, Poland
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2023;30(3):561-565
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ABSTRACT
Alveolar echinococcosis caused by Echinococcus multilocularis is common parasitic disease among humans and animals in the northern hemisphere. Dogs, foxes, and other wild canids are definitive hosts, whereas small rodents play the role of intermediate hosts. In rare cases, after incidental ingestion of tapeworm eggs, dogs can become an intermediate host. The study describes briefly two cases of alveolar echinococcosis in dogs in Poland, including clinical management, diagnostic, treatment and molecular confirmation. Diagnostic procedures included laparotomy, cytology, histopathology and molecular analysis. Obtained sequences data were 100% homologous to E. multilocularis dehydrogenase subunit 1 gene sequences in GenBank®. To the authors’ knowledge, alveolar echinococcosis has not been reported previously in a dog in Poland.
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