Spencer A, Rushton B, Munro H
Vet Rec. 1985 Jul 6;117(1):8-10. doi: 10.1136/vr.117.1.8.
Filaroides hirthi was identified in large numbers in the lungs of a British bred beagle dog that had received 10 monthly intra-articular injections of a corticosteroid. The dog was terminally hyperpnoeic and eosinophil and reticulocyte counts were raised. At autopsy, the lungs failed to collapse and minute black and red foci were found throughout the lung parenchyma. These foci were identified histologically as parasites and focal haemorrhage. Migrating larvae were found in the liver and mesenteric lymph nodes. F hirthi has not previously been definitively identified in British dogs and the principal features of its identification and control are discussed.
在一只接受了10个月每月一次关节内注射皮质类固醇的英国繁育比格犬的肺中，大量发现了赫氏丝状线虫。这只狗终末期呼吸急促，嗜酸性粒细胞和网织红细胞计数升高。尸检时，肺未能萎陷，在整个肺实质中发现了微小的黑色和红色病灶。这些病灶经组织学鉴定为寄生虫和局灶性出血。在肝脏和肠系膜淋巴结中发现了移行幼虫。此前在英国犬中尚未明确鉴定出赫氏丝状线虫，并讨论了其鉴定和控制的主要特征。
