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CANINE PNEUMONIA CAUSED BY PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII.
Author(s) -
Copland J. W.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1974.tb14058.x
Subject(s) - pneumocystis carinii , pneumonia , medicine , pneumonitis , pathology , eosinophilic pneumonia , weight loss , respiratory system , respiratory disease , lung , pneumocystis jirovecii , obesity
Summary One confirmed case and three clinically diagnosed cases of canine pneumocystis pneumonia are described I closely‐related, pedigreed Miniature Dachshunds. The main clinical sign were respiratory embarrasasment, loss of weight with out loss of appetite, normal temperature and low exercise tolerance. Two cases were fatal and post mortem findings of one revealed generalized red hepatisation in the lungs with marked interstitial pneumonitis and eosinophilic honeycombmasses of P. carinii in the alveoli. The general pathology was similar to that described for human pneumocystic pneumonia.