Use of fenbendazole for treatment of Crenosoma vulpis infection in a dog

• Published in: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association Vol. 202; no. 9; p. 1483
• Main Authors: Peterson, E.N. (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY), Barr, S.C, Gould, W.J. III, Beck, K.A, Bowman, D.D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.1993
• Subjects: Animals; BENZIMIDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CASE STUDIES; CHIEN; CONTROL DE NEMATODOS; Dog Diseases - drug therapy; DOGS; DRUG THERAPY; ESTUDIOS DE CASOS PRACTICOS; ETUDE DE CAS; Feces - parasitology; Female; Fenbendazole - therapeutic use; Larva - ultrastructure; LUTTE ANTINEMATODE; Metastrongyloidea - isolation & purification; Metastrongyloidea - ultrastructure; NEMATODA; NEMATODE CONTROL; NEW YORK; NUEVA YORK; PERRO; Strongylida Infections - drug therapy; Strongylida Infections - veterinary; TERAPEUTICA MEDICAMENTOSA; THERAPEUTIQUE MEDICAMENTEUSE
• ISSN: 0003-1488; 1943-569X
• DOI: 10.2460/javma.1993.202.09.1483

An 8-month-old Labrador Retriever was examined because of a 1-month history of productive coughing unresponsive to ampicillin treatment. Larvae of Crenosoma vulpis were found in fecal samples examined by zinc sulfate centrifugation and Baermann technique. Physical examination abnormalities or larvae in fecal samples were not detected 6 weeks after treatment with prednisone (1 mg/kg, PO, q 24 h, for 7 days, then 0.5 mg/kg, PO, q 48 h, for 8 days) and fenbendazole granules (50 mg/kg, PO, q 24 h, for 3 days). This report suggests that fenbendazole may be effective for treating Crenosoma vulpis infection in dogs.