Salmon poisoning disease

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Salmon poisoning disease is a fatal disease of dogs caused by infection with a type of rickettsia, either Neorickettsia helminthoeca or Neorickettsia elokominica.[1] It results from eating raw salmon and is found in the Pacific Northwest. These salmon are infected with metacercariae of a fluke, Nanophyetus salmincola. The fluke attaches to the intestine of the dog and the rickettsiae are released, causing severe gastrointestinal disease and systemic infection.

Symptoms begin about one week after eating the salmon and include vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, depression, and high fever. Death occurs seven to ten days after symptoms begin.[1] Diagnosis is through finding the fluke eggs microscopically in a stool sample. The rickettsial infection can be successfully treated with antibiotics such as tetracycline, and the fluke infection can be treated with fenbendazole.

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  1. ^ a b Ettinger, Stephen J.;Feldman, Edward C. (1995). Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 4th ed., W.B. Saunders Company. ISBN 0-7216-6795-3.
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