Onchocerca lupi is a filarial worm parasitizing domestic carnivores and humans. Adult nematodes usually localize beneath in the sclera or in the ocular retrobulbar of infected animals, whilst microfilariae are found in the skin. Therefore, diagnosis of O. lupi is achieved by microscopic and/or molec...
ORGANISM(S): Canis lupus x Canis lupus familiaris Onchocerca lupi
Bovine purified protein derivative (bPPD) and avian purified protein derivative (aPPD) arewidely used forbovine tuberculosis diagnosis. However, little is known about their qualitative and quantitative characteristics, which makes their standardisation difficult. In addition, bPPDcan give false-posi...
