<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">A six-month-old Pomeranian male dog was referred due to a month long history of unformed, soft faeces and mild weight loss. Stool analyses by direct faecal smear, Zinc sulphate flotation and the Baermann concentration method revealed an infection with <italic>Strongyloides stercoralis</italic>. The dog was initially treated once with a combination drug of praziquantel, pyrantel and febantel (½ Drontal® Plus Tablets for puppies and small dogs; Bayer; i.e. 31.5 mg/kg bodyweight of febantel
). The treatment was repeated after 12 days with the same dosage for 3 consecutive days. The stool analyses performed 14 days and 3 months after the second treatment were negative for <italic>S. stercoralis</italic> larvae. The results suggest that a repeated treatment with Drontal® Plus Tablets is effective against <italic>S. stercoralis</italic> in dogs and has no adverse effects.</abstract>

A six-month-old Pomeranian male dog was referred due to a month long history of unformed, soft faeces and mild weight loss. Stool analyses by direct faecal smear, Zinc sulphate flotation and the Baermann concentration method revealed an infection with Strongyloides stercoralis. The dog was initially treated once with a combination drug of praziquantel, pyrantel and febantel (½ Drontal® Plus Tablets for puppies and small dogs; Bayer; i.e. 31.5 mg/kg bodyweight of febantel
). The treatment was repeated after 12 days with the same dosage for 3 consecutive days. The stool analyses performed 14 days and 3 months after the second treatment were negative for S. stercoralis larvae. The results suggest that a repeated treatment with Drontal® Plus Tablets is effective against S. stercoralis in dogs and has no adverse effects.

First Case of <italic>Strongyloides stercoralis</italic> Infection in a Dog in the Republic of Macedonia

Veterinary Institute, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje

University Veterinary Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Institute for Microbiology and Parasitology, Medical Faculty

Macedonian Veterinary Review

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First Case of  Infection in a Dog in the Republic of Macedonia

A six-month-old Pomeranian male dog was referred due to a month long history of unformed, soft faeces and mild weight loss. Stool analyses by direct faecal...

First Case of Strongyloides stercoralis Infection in a Dog in the Republic of Macedonia

Publié en ligne: 15 mars 2018

Pages: 95 - 98

Reçu: 05 juin 2017

Accepté: 14 sept. 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/macvetrev-2017-0032

Mots clés
canine strongyloidosis, febantel, larvae, treatment

© 2018 Aleksandar Cvetkovikj et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

First Case of Strongyloides stercoralis Infection in a Dog in the Republic of Macedonia

Publié en ligne: 15 mars 2018

Pages: 95 - 98

Reçu: 05 juin 2017

Accepté: 14 sept. 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/macvetrev-2017-0032

Mots cléscanine strongyloidosis, febantel, larvae, treatment

© 2018 Aleksandar Cvetkovikj et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
canine strongyloidosis, febantel, larvae, treatment