Diaplacental infection of a bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) with the filarial worm Dipetalonema evansi: A case report Schuster Rolf K.*, Wibbelt Gudrun1, Maio Elisa, Wernery Ulrich, Sivakumar Saritha Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Dubai, U.A.E 1Leibnitz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany *email: r.schuster@cvrl.ae
Online published on 30 January, 2020. Abstract This case report describes the first finding of the filarial worm Dipetalonema evansi in the United Arab Emirates. This case is also the first description of a diaplacental infection with D. evansi. Three adult nematodes were found at necropsy in the cranial mesentery artery of a newborn Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus). Scanning electron microscopy images were used to describe morphological details of this parasite. The pregnant mother was imported 4 months earlier from a farm in South Western Kazakhstan. Considering the climatic conditions in Kazakhstan, it is believed that the infection happened before October 2018. Top Keywords Camelus bactrianus, diaplacental infection, Dipetalonema evansi, microfilaria. Top |