To the detection of the trematode mesocercariae Alaria alata in the blood of domestic dogs and cats
Iastreb, V.B.; Gorokhov, V.V.; Shestakov, A.M.
Meditsinskaia Parazitologiia i Parazitarnye Bolezni 2005(4): 48-51
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8326 PMID: 16445243 Document Number: 594594
Blood samples taken from 2128 domestic dogs and 543 cats in Moscow and the Moscow Region were studied by the concentration method using distilled water. The studies revealed the infestation with the mesocercariae Alaria alata in 1.9% of the dogs and in 1.I1% of the cats. A method was first developed for the life-time diagnosis of alariasis in definitive and reserve hosts.