First clinical Strongyloides stercoralis case in a dog in Turkey

Abstract

A 2.5-year-old small male Cavalier King Charles spaniel was brought to Ondokuz Mayıs University s Faculty of VeterinaryMedicine Animal Hospital with symptoms of severe watery diarrhea, pain during defecation, intermittent cough, vomiting, andemaciation. Examination of the fecal smear revealed moderate infection ofStrongyloides stercoralislarvae 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 wastreated with ivermectin (Avromec, 0.2 mg/kg subcutaneously) and multivitamin syrup (Vitabiol) for 5 days for supporting the bodycondition. This paper is the first clinical case report ofS. stercoralisin a dog in Turkey.