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Acanthocheilonema dracunculoides (Cobbold, 1870) in Dogs in Lahore, West Pakistan*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Martin S. Wolfe ,
M. Aslamkhan ,
M. Sharif  and
E. Pervez
Martin S. Wolfe
Affiliation:
University of Maryland International Centre for Medical Research and Training—Pakistan Medical Research Centre, Lahore, West Pakistan
M. Aslamkhan
Affiliation:
University of Maryland International Centre for Medical Research and Training—Pakistan Medical Research Centre, Lahore, West Pakistan
M. Sharif
Affiliation:
University of Maryland International Centre for Medical Research and Training—Pakistan Medical Research Centre, Lahore, West Pakistan
E. Pervez
Affiliation:
University of Maryland International Centre for Medical Research and Training—Pakistan Medical Research Centre, Lahore, West Pakistan
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Twenty-three (9%) of 255 domesticated dogs surveyed in Lahore, West Pakistan, were blood positive for microfilariae. Twenty-one (8·2%) had either pure or mixed infections with Acanthocheilonema dracunculoides. Dirofilaria repens microfilariae were present in 4 dogs and one had Dirofilaria immitis microfilariae. A single adult A. dracunculoides was found from the hind leg of an autopsied dog with A. dracunculoides microfilariae. Microfilariae had a diurnal periodicity in this animal. There is only one previous documented report of A. dracunculoides adult worms from a dog in the Indian subcontinent, but it is possible that microfilariae earlier described from India under other names may also have represented this species.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 45 , Issue 2-3 , June 1971 , pp. 171 - 176
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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