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Seven cases of paradoxical embolism due to canine filariae

Journal of the Japan Veterinary Medical Association Volume 27 Issue 1 Page 2-9
published_at 1974
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Title
犬糸状虫による奇異性塞栓症7例について
Seven cases of paradoxical embolism due to canine filariae
Creators Hayasaki Mineo
Creators 大石 勇
Creators 小林 茂雄
Creators 久米 清治
Creators 最上 義典
Creators 瀬島 孟
Seven dogs 3 to 8 years old manifested such clinical symptoms as a rise in body temperature, anorexia, depression, lameness, astasia, and paralysis or hyperesthesia of the hind quarters. Of them, two took an acute course of 2 and 7 days, respectively, and five a subacute course of 20 to 115 days. Four dogs were subjected to hematological examination, urinalysis, electrocardiography, phonocardiography, radiography, and determination of circulation time. As a result, they showed and increased leukocyte count and radiographic changes of embolism of arteries in the hing quarters, in addition to the ordinary findings of canine filariasis. The other three dogs were in so severe conditions that they could be examined by no tests, except one which demonstrated that they were positive for microfilariae in blood. From these results, all the dogs were diagnosed as paradoxical embolism induced by canine filariae. Autopsy revealed that an open condition of the ductus arteriosus (3.5 cm in diameter and 2.4 cm in length) was present in one dog and an open condition of the foramen ovale (from a pin-hole size to about 1 cm in diameter) in the other dogs. Embolism caused by canine filariae was observed in the femoral artery in all the dogs and in the abdominal or thracic aortaand the renal arterv in two dogs.
Languages jpn
Resource Type journal article
Publishers 日本獣医師会
Date Issued 1974
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[ISSN]0446-6454
[NCID]AN00191857
[isVersionOf] [URI]http://nichiju.lin.go.jp/mag/index.html
[isVersionOf] Dirofilaria immitis infection and dirofilariosis : an animal model of human filariosis [URI]http://www.lib.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/yunoca/handle/2010010511
Schools 農学部