Infection with Crenosoma striatum lungworm in Long-eared Hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus) in Kerman province southeast of Iran.

摘要: Hedgehogs are distributed in different areas of Iran. Unfortunately, clinical and parasitological studies on parasites hedgehogs very few. Crenosoma striatum is a common lungworm hedgehogs. C. infection can cause weight loss, dry cough, bronchitis with ulcerous reactions based secondary bacterial infections, pulmonary damage, thickening the tracheal wall, emphysema up to cardiovascular failure. In this survey, six dead (Hemiechinus auritus) were investigated for infection. All had their lungs.