SHORT_COMMUNICATION A six-month-old Pomeranian male dog was referred due to a month long history of unformed, soft faeces and mild weight loss. Stool analyses by direct faecal smear, Zinc sulphate flotation and the Baermann concentration method revealed an infection with Strongyloides stercoralis. The dog was initially treated once with a combination drug of praziquantel, pyrantel and febantel (½ Drontal® Plus Tablets for puppies and small dogs; Bayer; i.e. 31.5 mg/kg bodyweight of febantel). The treatment was repeated after 12 days with the same dosage for 3 consecutive days. The stool analyses performed 14 days and 3 months after the second treatment were negative for S. stercoralis larvae. The results suggest that a repeated treatment with Drontal® Plus Tablets is effective against S. stercoralis in dogs and has no adverse effects. https://macvetrev.mk/Files/Article/2020/10.1515/macvetrev-2017-0032/macvetrev-2017-0032.pdf 2018-03-15T09:00:00 95 98 10.2478/macvetrev-2017-0032 canine strongyloidosis febantel larvae treatment Aleksandar Cvetkovikj acvetkovic@fvm.ukim.edu.mk false 1 Veterinary Institute, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Lazar Pop-Trajkov 5-7, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia LEAD_AUTHOR Ljubica Rashikj false 2 Veterinary Institute, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Lazar Pop-Trajkov 5-7, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia AUTHOR Irena Celeska false 3 University Veterinary Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Lazar Pop-Trajkov 5-7, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia AUTHOR Elena Atanaskova Petrov false 4 University Veterinary Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Lazar Pop-Trajkov 5-7, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia AUTHOR Branko Angjelovski false 5 Veterinary Institute, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Lazar Pop-Trajkov 5-7, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia AUTHOR Iskra Cvetkovikj false 6 Veterinary Institute, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Lazar Pop-Trajkov 5-7, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia AUTHOR Maja Jurhar Pavlova false 7 Institute for Microbiology and Parasitology, Medical Faculty, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, 50 Divizija 6, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia AUTHOR Jovana Stefanovska false 8 Veterinary Institute, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ss. 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