First clinical Strongyloides stercoralis case in a dog in Turkey
A 2.5-year-old small male Cavalier King Charles spaniel was brought to Ondokuz Mayıs University's Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine Animal Hospital with symptoms of severe watery diarrhea, pain during defecation, intermittent cough, vomiting, and
emaciation. Examination of the fecal smear revealed moderate infection of Strongyloides stercoralis larvae and two adult females.
Counting of the larvae in feces was performed by Baermann method and 20 larvae were determined per gram of feces. The dog was
treated with ivermectin (Avromec, 0.2 mg/kg subcutaneously) and multivitamin syrup (Vitabiol) for 5 days for supporting the body
condition. This paper is the first clinical case report of S. stercoralis in a dog in Turkey.
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