The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of canine dirofilariosis in
Hatay province, south of Turkey. A total of 269 blood samples were collected from owned …

ABSTRACT A study on the prevalence of the nematode Dirofilaria immitis in dogs in
Bulgaria is presented. 1709 domestic and stray dogs from 10 cities in Bulgaria were studied …

Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens are mosquito‐borne nematodes which infect
primarily dogs as their main definitive hosts. They cause cardiopulmonary (D. immitis) or …

In this epidemiological study a total of 92 blood samples from dogs were examined by ELISA
method (EV L Netherlands). Blood samples were collected between February 2008 and …

Knowing that dirofilariosis is an emerging zoonosis, little known and studied in Romania, the
aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of Dirofliaria spp. infection in dogs, in the …

The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis in stray,
pet, and working dogs (n= 413, 266, and 103, resp.) from Guwahati (Assam) and Aizawl …

Heartworm infection is one of the most important parasitic diseases in dogs and an
increasing number of cases are reported each year by necropsy in Ahvaz. This study was …

The present study was focused on the current state of Dirofilaria species distribution in the
territory of the Slovak Danubian Lowland, a region previously identified endemic for …

Although Dirofilaria immitis in dogs is considered enzootic in northern Greece, the available
data on the occurrence of infection in southern parts of the country demonstrate its scarcity …

CONCLUSION Our results show that canine dirofilariosis is present in B&H as
autochthonous infection. Statistically significant differences were established for all tested …