Starr T W, Mulley R C
Ban Ban Springs Station, via Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia.
J Wildl Dis. 1988 Jan;24(1):164-5. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-24.1.164.
The heart and lungs from 32 adult dingoes (Canis familiaris dingo) were examined for canine heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) infection. Eighteen of 32 (56%) samples were infected, with intensity of infection ranging from 1 to 31 worms per animal. Seven of 18 (39%) infections were single sex infections. Large numbers of circulating microfilariae were present in blood from all dingoes infected with both sexes of worms.
对32只成年澳洲野犬(犬属澳洲野犬)的心脏和肺部进行了犬心丝虫(恶丝虫)感染检查。32个样本中有18个(56%)受到感染,每只动物的感染强度为1至31条虫。18个感染样本中有7个(39%)为单性别感染。在所有感染了雌雄两性虫体的澳洲野犬的血液中均存在大量循环微丝蚴。