A case of a dog with paragonimiasis after consumption of raw deer meat

• Published in: Journal of Veterinary Medical Science Vol. 85; no. 5; pp. 541 - 545
• Main Authors: YOSHIMURA, Aritada, AZAKAMI, Daigo, KISHIMOTO, Miori, OHMORI, Takahiro, HIRAO, Daiki, MORITA, Shohei, HASEGAWA, Shinogu, MORITA, Tatsushi, FUKUSHIMA, Ryuji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE 2023; Japan Science and Technology Agency; The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science
• Subjects: Animals; Computed tomography; Deer; dog; Dog Diseases - surgery; Dogs; Food consumption; game dish; Humans; Internal Medicine; Male; Meat; Paragonimiasis - diagnosis; Paragonimiasis - veterinary; Paragonimus; Pneumothorax; Radiography; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - veterinary; deer; Paragonimus; game dish; dog; pneumothorax
• ISSN: 0916-7250; 1347-7439; 1347-7439
• DOI: 10.1292/jvms.22-0443

A 6-year-old castrated male Cavalier King Charles Spaniel was referred to the Animal Medical Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, for examination and treatment of recurrent pneumothorax. Chest radiography and computed tomography showed multiple cavitary lesions in the caudal right posterior lobe. These lesions were surgically excised via thoracotomy. Subsequent histopathological examination revealed paragonimiasis. In the postoperative review, we found that the owner had fed raw deer meat to the dog four months earlier. Deer meat has attracted attention as a source of Paragonimus in humans. To our knowledge, this is the first report of Paragonimus infection in a dog due to deer meat consumption.