Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira: Parasitic disease that spreads via insects encountered in a dog for the first time in Finland
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The Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira's press release dated 23 Jan 2014 announces that the first-ever case of canine infection by the parasite Onchocerca, which spreads via insects, has been encountered in Finland. An autopsy performed by Evira identified a long-term inflammation of the eye in an adult dog that had been imported from Romania. The inflamed eye contained a large amount of parasitic worms. The other eye of the dog, which was imported to Finland last autumn, had been remove