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Massive Dracunculus insignis infection in a dog
T A Beyer1, R D Pinckney, A J Cooley
1Beechwood Veterinary Clinic, Racine, WI 53404, USA.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
|February 19, 1999
Abstract:
An 11-year-old 13-kg (28.6-lb) spayed female Cocker Spaniel was examined because of subcutaneous nodules on the hind limbs and ventral aspects of the thorax and abdomen. Focal areas of erythema and pyoderma were associated with the nodules, and purulent exudate could be expressed from a fistula in the nodules. A nematode approximately 20.5 cm in length was isolated from a draining fistula in 1 nodule and identified as Dracunculus insignis. The dog was treated with ivermectin, fenbendazole, and metronidazole, but the owner was still able to recover worms from multiple nodules for the next year.