Pulmonary hydatidiosis in dog [electronic resource].

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For studying the parasitic causes of death of some dogs related to Assiut Security Administration, blood smears were examined: three dogs were positive for Babesia canis. The necropsy of these animals revealed presence of a single intact hydatid cyst in the right lobe of lung in one dog. Its internal organs were congested and its lungs were edematous. The histopathological examination of the affected lung revealed the presence of several proto scolices in different lung tissues denoting rupture of another cyst. In this dog blood smears and bacteriological examination of various organs were negative. Rupture of one hydatid cyst resulting in anaphylaxis was incriminated as the cause of death. According to the available literatures the present case is the first case of primary hydatid cysts in the lung of a dog in Egypt. Key words: Dog, Babesiosis, echinococcosis, hydatid cysts.

Summary in Arabic.