Conboy, Gary A., and C. Adams. “Treatment of Crenosoma Vulpis Infection in Two Silver Foxes (Vulpes Vulpes) With Ivermectin”. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, vol. 26, no. 4, 1995, pp. 597-00, https://scholar2.islandarchives.ca/islandora/object/ir%3Air-batch6-3318.

Genre

  • Journal Article
Contributors
Author: Conboy, Gary A.
Author: Adams, C.
Date Issued
1995
Abstract

A male and female silver fox (Vulpes vulpes) were diagnosed with naturally acquired infections of the lungworm Crenosoma vulpis at the Cherry Brook Zoo in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. The main clinical sign was a chronic cough. Crenosomiasis was diagnosed by fecal examination using the Baermann technique. The foxes were treated with a subcutaneous injection of ivermectin (200 mu g/kg). Clinical signs resolved: and fecal exams were negative at 3 and 6 wk posttreatment. No adverse reactions to the drug were observed. This is the first reported use of ivermectin against C. vulpis infection in canids. Due to the small number of animals involved and the absence of posttreatment necropsy/worm recovery data, this indication of efficacy must be viewed as circumstantial until further testing.

Note

ST JOHN ANIM HOSP LTD,ST JOHNS,NB E2M 3Y5,CANADA.; Conboy, GA, UNIV PRINCE EDWARD ISL,ATLANTIC VET COLL,DEPT PATHOL & MICROBIOL,550 UNIV AVE,CHARLOTTETOWN,PE C1A 4P3,CANADA.

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Source type: Electronic(1)

Language

  • English

Subjects

  • fenbendazole
  • DOG
  • ivermectin
  • Crenosoma vulpis
  • Vulpes vulpes
  • Veterinary Sciences
  • silver fox
  • RANCH FOXES
  • lungworm
Page range
597-600
Host Title
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Host Abbreviated Title
J.Zoo Wildl.Med.
Volume
26
Issue
4
ISSN
1042-7260

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