In living organisms a lot of moths and butterflies are known to produce inflammatory reactions. The pine processionary is member of the Lepidopterans. This family's members lives in pine trees, and damage both the trees, humans, and animals. By feeding on the needles make hard to plants life and also cause health problems with their allergen structure in animals and humans. In the veterinary literature, there are some reports of exposure to PPM caterpillars in dogs, presented with urticarial reactions, angioedema, pruritus and tongue edema, vomiting, necrosis, salivation, lingual and sublingual edema, respiratory distress and the frequent sequel partial loss of the tongue. In this study, a case of erosive stomatitis was evaluated in a hunting dog that developed due to the contact of pine caterpillar.
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Author Name: Hasan Erdo?an, Yasin PARLATIR
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Keywords: Pimobendan, Allergy, Dog, Stomatitis, Pine Caterpillar
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EISSN: 2548-1150
EOI/DOI: https://doi.org/10.31797/vetbi
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