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Table 1 Comparative results of diagnostic tests for Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in all dogs from a kennel in northwestern Italy

From: Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in dogs from a cardiopulmonary dirofilariosis endemic area of Northwestern Italy: a case study and a retrospective data analysis

Dog-ID

Breeda

Sexb

Age (months)

Originc

FLOTAC

Baermann testd

Knott testd

Witness®d

DiroCHEK®d

Angio Detect™d

1

CKCS

F

89

I (France)

N f

N

N

N

N

N

2

CKCS

M

90

I (France)

N

N

N

N

N

N

3

CKCS

F

63

BB

N

N

N

LP

N

N

4

CKCS

M

45

I (France)

N

N

N

LP

N

N

5

CKCS

F

37

I (France)

N

N

N

N

N

N

6

CKCS

F

31

BB

N

N

N

N

N

N

7

CKCS

F

31

BB

N

N

N

N

N

N

8

CKCS

F

19

BB

N

N

N

N

N

N

9

CKCS

F

22

I (France)

N

N

N

LP

N

N

10

CKCS

F

24

I (France)

L1 of A. vasorum

L1 of A. vasorum

N

LP

N

P h

11

CKCS

F

15

I (France)

N

N

N

LP

N

N

12

CKCS

M

16

I (France)

N

N

N

N

N

N

13

CKCS

M

14

I (France)

N

N

N

N

N

N

14

CKCS

F

6

I (France)

N

N

N

N

N

N

15

CKCS

F

52

BB

N

N

N

N

N

N

16

CKCS

F

15

BB

N

N

N

N

N

N

17

BS

M

22

I (France)

N

N

N

N

N

N

18

BS

M

22

I (France)

N

N

N

N

N

N

19

BS

M

20

I (France)

N

N

N

N

N

N

20*

CKCS

F

8

I (France)

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

  1. a CKCS = Cavalier King Charles spaniel, BS = Belgian Shepherd; b:F = female, M = male; b: I = Imported, BB = Born in the breeding; e, c:N = negative, P = positive, LP = low positive, ND = not determined; *: angiostrongylosis diagnosed at necropsy