ArticleParasitology research2017
Filarial infection caused by Onchocerca boehmi (Supperer, 1953) in a horse from Italy.
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- Ultrasonography of Parasitic Diseases in Domestic Animals: A Systematic Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Wolbachia: endosymbiont of onchocercid nematodes and their vectors.Parasites & vectors · 2021Review
- Parasitic diseases of equids in Iran (1931-2020): a literature review.Parasites & vectors · 2020Review
- Zoonotic Implications ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Incidental Detection ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2020Article
- Survey of Zoonotic and Non-zoonotic Vector-Borne Pathogens in Military Horses in Lisbon, Portugal.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Article
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Abstract
Equids can be infected by a range of skin-dwelling filarial nematodes, including four species of the genus Onchocerca. Current literature on equine onchocercosis is fragmentary and often limited to isolated case reports. The present study aimed to describe a clinical case of equine onchocercosis caused by Onchocerca boehmi (Supperer, 1953) (syn. Elaeophora boehmi) in an 8-year-old gelding Belgian show jumper from northern Italy. The horse was presented with a firm and painless mass on the proximal third of the right metacarpal region. Ultrasound examination showed a peritendinous enlargement around the palmaro-lateral area of the tendons, characterized by an elongated hypoechoic and well-defined structure, embedding a coiled hyperechoic line. The metacarpal nodule was resected and histologically examined. Fragments of a parasitic nematode were detected, isolated and examined. The morphological analysis allowed identifying the nematode as O. boehmi. In addition, total genomic DNA was extracted from individual fragments using a commercial kit for the nematode identification and a comparative sequence analysis of the nematode cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) sequence with data available in the GenBank
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