Feline thelaziosis caused by Thelazia callipaeda in Portugal

Soares, Carla Sofia Alves; Sousa, Sérgio Ramalho; Anastácio, Sofia; Matias, Maria Goreti; Marques, Inês Brás; Mascarenhas, Salvador; Vieira, Maria João; Carvalho, Luís Madeira de; Otranto, Domenico

doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.03.029

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“…Detection of the eyeworm in animals that had never travelled abroad indicates of autochthonous presence of thelaziosis in Serbia as it was previously recorded by other authors in endemic areas similar in geographic position, altitude and fi eld confi guration to those in our study [5,[8][9][10][13][14][15]26]. In addition, distances between localities (from 16 to 146 km air distance) and the affected area (about 12390 km 2 ) in our study indicate the endemic nature of thelaziosis in Serbia.…”

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“…The number of parasites per animal (7 to 150) in our study was greater than reported by other researchers (from 1 to 76) [10,[13][14][15]26]. The highest parasite burden was observed in a 8-years-old hunting dog (harbouring totally 150 parasites).…”

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“…Cases of imported thelaziosis in France and Germany were reported [6,7] followed by autochthonous infections in dogs and cats in the same countries [8,9]. In addition to the infections in domestic and/or wild carnivores in Switzerland, Spain, Belgium and Portugal [10][11][12][13][14][15] T. callipaeda infection was also reported in brown hares from Italy [2]. Human ocular infections caused by T. callipaeda detected in endemic areas of Italy, France and Spain implicated the epidemiological importance of this parasite and the need for control measures [16,17].…”

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Canine and Feline Thelaziosis Caused by Thelazia Callipaeda in Serbia

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Thelazia callipaeda is a parasitic nematode causing ocular infections in different mammalian species and humans, clinically manifested as lacrimation, conjunctivitis, keratitis, corneal opacity or corneal ulcer. In this paper, we reported six cases of autochthonous canine and feline thelaziosis on different localities in Serbia. Total of 285 parasites (85 males and 200 females) were collected from the eyes of infected animals (n=6) suffering from uni-or bilateral conjunctivitis, with the number of parasites ranging from 7 to 150 per animal. All parasites were morphologically identifi ed as T. callipaeda, while molecular analyses of cytochrome oxidase 1 (cox1) gene revealed the presence of h1 haplotype, as the unique previously reported in other studies in Europe. Since T. callipaeda is a newly detected parasite in Serbia with the infective potential for humans, there is a necessity for animal owners education and cooperation among professional services in order to control this zoonosis.

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Canine and Feline Thelaziosis Caused by Thelazia Callipaeda in Serbia

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“…Reports of thelaziosis in cats have been significantly rarer. The prevalence of infection by this Thelazia in cats is lower, since they are less exposed to the population of intermediate hosts (17,25,37).…”

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Serbia: Another endemic region for canine ocular thelaziosis

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“…This zoonotic parasite that lives in the conjunctival sac, under the lids and the nictitating membrane of dogs, cats and wildlife, may induce a range of clinical signs, such as epiphora, photophobia, keratisis, conjunctivitis, etc. (Otranto and Traversa 2005;Otranto et al 2009;Soares et al 2013;Maia et al 2014;Motta et al 2014).…”

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Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida: Thelaziidae): first report in Greece and a case of canine infection

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The eyeworm Thelazia callipaeda has been reported in different European countries, i.e. Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Romania. The present article describes the first autochthonous case of ocular thelaziosis in a dog from Greece, thus revealing a new spot of infection in Europe. The dog in this case report, most likely infected at the northern borders of Greece, was referred to a private veterinary practice with conjunctivitis, oedema, keratitis, epiphora and mucoid discharge in both eyes. Seventy-seven nematodes were removed from both eyes, and the dog was treated with two subcutaneous injections of ivermectin 14 days apart, in combination with a topical antimicrobial medication. The parasites were morphologically and molecularly identified as T. callipaeda. Although in Greece there is no information about the presence and distribution of the fruit fly Phortica variegata, i.e. the intermediate host of T. callipaeda, the location where the dog was infected is environmentally suitable for its development. The present report of this zoonotic parasitosis indicates that in Greece, along with endemic areas in Spain and Italy, T. callipaeda is currently reaching its southernmost distribution limit in Europe.

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Feline thelaziosis caused by Thelazia callipaeda in Portugal

Abstract: 25Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) is a nematode that lives in the conjunctival 26 sac of domestic and wild carnivores, rabbits and humans. causing mild to severe 27 symptoms (e.g., conjunctivitis, lacrimation, epiphora, blepharospasm, keratitis and even

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Canine and Feline Thelaziosis Caused by Thelazia Callipaeda in Serbia

Canine and Feline Thelaziosis Caused by Thelazia Callipaeda in Serbia

Serbia: Another endemic region for canine ocular thelaziosis

Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida: Thelaziidae): first report in Greece and a case of canine infection

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