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Volume 20(2):45-51, 2016.

Lungworm (Crenosoma striatum) infection in long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus).

 

Mohammad Mirzaei Dehaghia *

 

aDepartment of  Pathobiology, School of  Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran

 

ABSTRACT

 

Dehaghi MM., Lungworm (Crenosoma striatum) infection in long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus), Onl J Vet Res., 20(2):45-51, 2016. Crenosoma striatum is a common lungworm of hedgehogs. C. striatum can cause loss of weight, dry cough, bronchitis with ulcers, secondary bacterial infections, thickening of the tracheal wall and pulmonary emphysema, and eventually, cardiovascular failure. Six dead hedgehogs (Hemiechinus auritus), examined were infested by Crenosoma striatum in lungs

 

Key-Words: Crenosoma striatum, Hedgehog.

 

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