lung worm?

[dogman541 0]

It has been suggested my pup may have lung worm,does anyone have experience with this?whats the treatment for it?does this cause coughing?thanks for any replies.

[jim tait 0]

There's no lungworm in dogs. Roundworms go through a migratory stage involving the lungs which can cause a soft cough.

Kennel cough?

Upper respiratory infection?

 

Harsh/soft cough?

What age is pup, and is he off colour at all?

 

Jim

[maty j 6]

try asking Socks, sure he'll have plenty of info for you. as for treatment of lungworm - try the panacur liquid. it kills round and tapeworm aswell but you need to give a course to kill the lungworm over 5-7 days. i got mine from vetmedic but hyperdrug and the like sell it.

[ghostlyease 17]

This may help, googled it.

 

CLICK HERE

 

Edited to add, as others have said Panacure can be used to treat this.

 

Pet Medic

 

Hyperdrug

 

Hyperdrug do free delivery on wormer's and flea treatment.

[dogman541 0]

thanks for the reply's lads.

[Neil Cooney. 1]

There one and only time a pup ever died on me was this year to a lung worm infestation.

It brought on pneumonia and the whole cavity of the pup filled with blood and the pup died. Not a pretty sight.

I had been routinely using Parazole for other internal worms in the pup.

300 euro and finally an autopsy later the vet informed me that I should have used Parazole to worm her. I said I did and she said I probably wasn't using enough.

If you suspect lung worm get to work on it straight away.

[SNAP SHOT 194]

Any medicine ending in azole is a white drench oral medicine, parazole, oxfenbendazole, albendazole triclabendazole, etc are mainly for the treatment of round worms etc. for lung worm the only really good dose in cattle in sheepthat seems to work well is levamazole [spelling] for severe infection to clear the problem up levacide is mainly used, in cattle the dose is 1ml/ 10kg however i don't know how this would effect a dog. So ask a vet for advice.

the only solution is to switch medicine so the animal does not become immune, at intervals recommended by your vet. hope you get sorted.

[Corkonian 44]

Edited June 9, 2009 by Corkonian

[socks 32,253]

you can get lung worm in this country as one of my greyhounds fetched it back from ireland with him and passed it on to my lurcher bitch .... you need to rest the dog so as not to agrevate the lungs and treat with panacure 10% liquid ... be aware that lungworm can kill your dog ......

[dogman541 0]

THANKS FOR THE ADVICE EVERYONE,I HAVE SOME PANICURE NOW.

[Neil Cooney. 1]

you can get lung worm in this country as one of my greyhounds fetched it back from ireland with him and passed it on to my lurcher bitch .... you need to rest the dog so as not to agrevate the lungs and treat with panacure 10% liquid ... be aware that lungworm can kill your dog ......

As I found out.

[Bryan 1,362]

just to say some of the "azoles" that people would commonly come across are anti fungal, like daktarin etc and not worm drenches

 

one specific host for some lungworms are foxes,cresnoma vulpis.

 

this is a good article on it,amazingly they'd only come across one fatality!

 

Lungworm in Dogs and Cats

Metastrongyle infections due to Angiostrongylus vasorum (dog lungworm), Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (cat lungworm) and Crenosoma vulpis are widespread throughout the UK with hotspots of infection in certain geographical areas.

 

 

 

A. vasorum (Lungworm)

 

In our experience these infections appear to be on the increase with multiple presenting clinical signs and one confirmed death at post mortem.

Dogs contract Angiostrongylus vasorum infection by ingesting the L3 larvae in the intermediate host - snails and slugs. The L3 larvae migrate to the mesenteric lymph nodes and mature into L5 larvae before migrating via the lymphatics, liver and caudal vena cava entering the right ventricle and pulmonary arteries by the 9-10th day after infection. Thread-like adults develop in the pulmonary circulation and deposit eggs in the terminal pulmonary capillaries. The eggs hatch; larvae escape into the alveoli and bronchioles and are coughed up and passed in the faeces of the host where they are ingested by slugs and snails feeding on the faeces. The presence of the adult nematodes in the lungs cause an immunological response which is the basis for many of the clinical signs and subsequent pathology of the disease. Crenosoma vulpis infection shows the same lifecycle but produces a mild inflammatory response presenting as a productive cough.

 

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in the cat follows a relatively similar lifecycle with birds and rodents as intermediate hosts, but pathogenicity is low. However the presence of the adult worms in the airways can provoke an intense inflammatory response causing significant respiratory disease.

 

Screening for lungworm should be undertaken in those cases where the presenting signs include any of the following:

 

Respiratory signs: coughing, dyspnoea(painful difficult breathing), hyperpnoea, tachypnoea, auscultatory wheezing.

 

And in dogs suspected of A. vasorum infection

 

Cardiovascular signs: tachycardia(very quickened pulse), subcutaneous oedema(fluid based swelling under the skin,push with your finger and the dimple stays), limb swelling, ascites(belly filled with fluid,look pregnant)/pleural effusion

 

Coagulation abnormalities: prolonged bleeding, prolonged capillary refill time, haematochezia, subcutaneous haematoma, and other signs of thromboembolic disease.

 

CNS signs: ataxia, incoordination, gait abnormalities

 

Plus general signs of unknown aetiology: anorexia, cachexia, pyrexia(fever), malaise, collapse.

 

Common haemogram abnormalities included thrombocytopenia, hyperglobulinaemia, eosinophilia, neutrophilia and anaemia. Some clinical cases can have hypercalcaemia.

 

 

Thoracic radiographs can show abnormalities such as a patchy alveolar-interstitial pattern affecting the dorsocaudal lung fields, bronchial thickening and mild pleural effusions.

 

Diagnosis:

Definitive diagnosis requires the demonstration of L1 larvae in the faeces using the Baermann sedimentation technique. In suspected lungworm infections, due to the intermittent nature of shedding of the larvae, it is suggested that in order to exclude the diagnosis it is necessary to examine multiple faecal samples over a 1 week period. Larvae can also be demonstrated in BAL samples, but this technique is less sensitive and false negatives are common.

 

Treatment:

SPECIFIC

(Please be aware there are no licensed products for the treatment of lungworm infection)Below are some suggestions for treatment, but data sheets should be consulted for correct dosage

1) Fenbendazole: 50 mg/kg PO for 7 days.

2) Milbemycin oxime: 0.5 mg/kg PO

3) Ivermectin: 0.2 mg/kg SC weekly for 2 weeks.

SUPPORTIVE

1) Use appropriate supportive care based on the clinical signs.

2) Severe dyspnoea and ascites may occur post-treatment, necessitating the use of broncho-dilators(like an asthma inhaler), expectorants(like vicks or cough medicine), and/or diuretics for a short time.

 

 

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