Dirofilaria repens is a nematode affecting domestic and wild canids, transmitted by several
species of mosquitoes. It usually causes a non-pathogenic subcutaneous infection in dogs …

Canine ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis are important tick-borne diseases with a worldwide
distribution. Information has been continuously collected on these infections in Europe, and …

Dirofilaria immitis and D. repens are endemic throughout Europe and southern eastern
regions of Asia and reported with increasing frequency in Africa. Nevertheless, the …

Cardiopulmonary nematodes of dogs and cats cause parasitic diseases of central relevance
in current veterinary practice. In the recent past the distribution of canine and feline …

Heartworm disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis is a vector-borne disease that affects
canids and felids, both domestic and wild, throughout the world. It is a chronic disease which …

Climatic changes, together with an increase in the movement of dogs across Europe, have
caused an increase in the geographical range of Dirofilaria infections. The present paper is …

Many viral, bacterial and parasitic pathogens have been associated with tick transmission,
including several recently identified pathogens in both humans and domestic animals …

Background Canine vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) are caused by a wide range of
pathogens transmitted to dogs by arthropods including ticks and insects. Many CVBD …

Tick-borne diseases are of great concern worldwide. Despite this, in Romania there is only
limited information regarding the prevalence of vector-borne pathogens in dogs. In all, 1146 …

Dirofilaria immitis is a parasitic filarial nematode responsible for heartworm disease in
domestic as well as wild canines and felines and pulmonary or cutaneous infections in …