Gavrilović Pavle, Marinković Darko, Todorović Igor, Gavrilović Aleksandra
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Acta Parasitol. 2017 Dec 20;62(4):880-884. doi: 10.1515/ap-2017-0107.
Angiostrongylosis caused by metastrongyloid nematode Angiostrongylus vasorum is an emerging parasitic disease in Europe and the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is considered as a main reservoir species for this parasite. Little is known about the role of other wild canids in the epidemiology of angiostrongylosis. The present paper provides the first description of pathomorphological lesions caused by A. vasorum in a golden jackal (Canis aureus). The paper describes a case of co-infection with A. vasorum and Dirofilaria immitis in a one-year-old female golden jackal, legally hunted near the City of Kovin, South Banat, Serbia. The postmortem examination revealed severe pneumonia, proliferative endarteritis, the presence of two adult males of D. immitis in the right atrium, and the presence of 15 adult forms of A. vasorum (11 females and 4 males) in the pulmonary arteries. Native microscopy of an impression smear of the lung tissue found numerous larvae compatible with the A. vasorum first larval stage. This paper provides the first evidence that angiostrongylosis exists in the golden jackal in Serbia and confirms that the golden jackal should be considered as a very suitable definitive host for A. vasorum. The results suggest the possibility that the golden jackal may act as reservoir species and as an important transmitter of A. vasorum larvae.
由后圆线虫纲线虫血管圆线虫引起的血管圆线虫病是欧洲一种新出现的寄生虫病，赤狐（赤狐属）被认为是这种寄生虫的主要储存宿主物种。关于其他野生犬科动物在血管圆线虫病流行病学中的作用知之甚少。本文首次描述了血管圆线虫在金豺（金豺属）中引起的病理形态学病变。本文描述了一只一岁雌性金豺的血管圆线虫和犬恶丝虫合并感染病例，这只金豺在塞尔维亚南巴纳特州科维恩市附近被合法猎杀。尸检显示严重肺炎、增生性动脉内膜炎、右心房有两条成年雄性犬恶丝虫，肺动脉中有15条成年形态的血管圆线虫（11条雌性和4条雄性）。对肺组织印片进行的原生显微镜检查发现了许多与血管圆线虫第一幼虫阶段相符的幼虫。本文首次证明塞尔维亚的金豺存在血管圆线虫病，并证实金豺应被视为血管圆线虫非常合适的终末宿主。结果表明金豺可能作为储存宿主物种以及血管圆线虫幼虫的重要传播者。
