A 3-mo-old male, feral opossum (Didelphis virginiana) was presented to the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine (USA) for evaluation of prolonged dyspnea. The animal died shortly after examination and a necropsy was performed. The cause of death was attributed to a verminous pneumonia, associated with numerous intrabronchial and intrabronchiolar nematodes, subsequently identified as Didelphostrongylus hayesi.
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1 April 1989
Fatal Lungworm Infection in an Opossum
Robert B. Duncan Jr.,
Craig R. Reinemeyer,
Richard S. Funk
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 25 • No. 2
April 1989
Vol. 25 • No. 2
April 1989
case report
Didelphis virginiana
Didelphostrongylus hayesi
lungworms
Metastrongyloidea
opossum
verminous pneumonia