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The prevalence of microfilaraemia in dogs belonging to the episodic weakness group was 10% for<jats:italic>Dirofilaria immitis<\/jats:italic>, 30% for<jats:italic>Dirolfilaria repens<\/jats:italic>and 8% for<jats:italic>Acanthocheilonema reconditum<\/jats:italic>. In the clinically normal group, the figures were 14% for<jats:italic>Dirofilaria repens<\/jats:italic>and 4% for<jats:italic>Acanthocheilonema reconditum<\/jats:italic>. The overall percentage of dogs with microfilaraemia in the episodic weakness group was 44 and that of the clinically normal group 16, with a statistically significant difference (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0.01). 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