Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

"Sang-Kun Kim"

Brief Communication

Enzooticity of the dogs, the reservoir host of Thelazia callipaeda, in Korea: Min Seo, Jae-Ran Yu, Hyun-Young Park, Sun Huh, Sang-Kun Kim, Sung-Tae Hong; Korean J Parasitol 2002;40(2):101-103.
Published online June 30, 2002; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2002.40.2.101

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The reservoir hosts of Thelazia callipaeda were examined. The eyes of the 76 dogs raised at farm, 78 military dogs (shepherds), 96 cattle, and 105 pigs were investigated for the presence of eyeworm. Among them, six worms of T. callipaeda were collected from two dogs raised at farm (2.7%), and 188 worms from 26 shepherds (33.5%). No worms were recovered from the cattle or pigs. These results suggest that the dogs, especially the military dogs are serving as a reservoir host of T. callipaeda in Korea.

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