The first report of Aelurostrongylus falciformis in Norwegian badgers (Meles meles)

The first report of Aelurostrongylus falciformis (Schlegel 1933) in Fennoscandian badgers is described. Routine parasitological examination of nine Norwegian badgers, at the National Veterinary Institute during 2004 and 2005, identified A. falciformis in the terminal airways of five of the animals....

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Published in:Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
Main Authors: Davidson, Rebecca K, Handeland, Kjell, Gjerde, Bjørn
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2006
Subjects:
Brief Communication
Fennoscandian
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1553464
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16987402
https://doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-48-6
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Summary:The first report of Aelurostrongylus falciformis (Schlegel 1933) in Fennoscandian badgers is described. Routine parasitological examination of nine Norwegian badgers, at the National Veterinary Institute during 2004 and 2005, identified A. falciformis in the terminal airways of five of the animals. The first stage larvae (L1) closely resembled, in size and morphology, those of Angiostrongylus vasorum (Baillet 1866). The diagnosis for both A. falciformis and A. vasorum is frequently based on the identification of L1 in faeces or sputum. The potential for misclassification of an A. falciformis infection as A. vasorum, where larval identification is the only diagnostic method used, is discussed.

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