Therapeutic Management of Canine Dirofilariasis in Nagaland, India

Authors

  • Keneisezo Kuotsu Department of Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Sciences & AH, Central Agricultural University, Jalukie-797110, India.
  • Sashitola Ozukum Department of Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Sciences & AH, Central Agricultural University, Jalukie-797110, India.
  • Neithono Kuotsu Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Sciences & AH, Central Agricultural University, Jalukie-797110, India.
  • N Bhumapati Devi Department of Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Sciences & AH, Central Agricultural University, Jalukie-797110, India.
  • Laltlankimi Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Sciences & AH, Central Agricultural University, Jalukie-797110, India.
  • Tukheswar Chutia Department of Veterinary Gynaecology & Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Sciences & AH, Central Agricultural University, Jalukie-797110, India
  • Newton Biswas Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243122, India.
  • Gunjan Das Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Sciences & AH, Central Agricultural University, Jalukie-797110, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/ijvsbt.19.5.28

Keywords:

Therapeutic, Canine, Dirofilariasis

Abstract

Dirofilariasis is one of the most clinically important diseases  in dogs. It is also called as heart-worm disease, which is a  non-contagious parasitic disease caused by filarial or small  thread-like worms, Dirofilaria immitis, and D. repens of the  family Onchocercidae (Nelson et al., 2014; Adebayo et al., 2022).  It is an arthropod-borne disease. The mosquitoes belonging  to the genera Culex, Aedes, Anopheles, and Mansonia are  principally responsible for the transmission of this disease  (Borthakur et al., 2016). Transmission of the parasite occurs  when a potential vector bites dogs during a blood meal.  It takes about 6-7 months for the third-stage larvae (L3) to  become adult parasites after entering the blood vessels of  the hosts (Koutsu et al., 2022).  After maturation, the adult  worms reproduce and produce microfilariae (pre-L1), which  are released in the host blood vessels and taken up by a  feeding mosquito (Thilakarathne et al., 2023), and completed  the lifecycle of the parasite.  

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Published

2023-09-10

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Vol. 19 No. 5 (2023): The Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology (IJVSBT) (Sep-Oct) 2023

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Case Report

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Kuotsu, K., Ozukum, S., Kuotsu, N., Devi, N.B., Laltlankimi, Chutia, T., … Das, G. (2023). Therapeutic Management of Canine Dirofilariasis in Nagaland, India. Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology, 19(5), 123–125. https://doi.org/10.48165/ijvsbt.19.5.28
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