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Autochthonous Dirofilaria immitis infection in a ferret with aberrant larval migration in Europe
Author(s) -
Molnár V.,
Pazár P.,
Rigó D.,
Máthé D.,
Fok É.,
Glávits R.,
Vajdovich P.,
Jacsó O.,
Balogh L.,
Sós E.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2010.00950.x
Subject(s) - dirofilaria immitis , medicine , mustela putorius , larva , pathology , anatomy , biology , helminths , immunology , ecology
A two‐year‐old male ferret ( Mustela putorius furo ) was presented to the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, for investigation of somnolence. Following unsuccessful therapeutic attempts, the ferret was euthanased and a male Dirofilaria immitis worm was found in the pulmonary artery and a female D. immitis specimen in the subdural space of the cranial cavity. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first European record of D. immitis infection in a ferret, and the first case in which aberrant larval migration and consequent central nervous system signs were observed in a ferret in the course of D. immitis infection.