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'''Recognition'''
'''Recognition'''
*Tongue-like appearance
*[[Oral Cavity - Tongue - Anatomy & Physiology|Tongue]]-like appearance
**Expanded anteriorly
**Expanded anteriorly
*6 month life cycle
*6 month life cycle
*Adults inhabit the nasal passages of dogs and sometimes cats
*Adults inhabit the [[Nasal cavity - Anatomy & Physiology|nasal passages]] of dogs and sometimes cats
*Eggs are expelled by coughing and sneezing or are passed out with the faeces
*Eggs are expelled by coughing and sneezing or are passed out with the faeces
*Herbivorous intermediate hosts ingest the eggs
*Herbivorous intermediate hosts ingest the eggs
*Eggs hatch in the herbivore intestine
*Eggs hatch in the herbivore [[Small Intestine - Anatomy & Physiology|intestine]]
*Larvae migrate to the mesenteric lymph nodes and encyst to become infective nymphs
*Larvae migrate to the [[Peritoneal cavity - Anatomy & Physiology#Mesenteries|mesenteric lymph nodes]] and encyst to become infective nymphs
**Cysts measure 1mm in diameter
**Cysts measure 1mm in diameter
*When a dog eats infeced uncooked viscera the life cycle is completed
*When a dog eats infeced uncooked viscera the life cycle is completed
*Infective nymphs migrate from the viscera during chewing and crawl up into the nasal cavity via the soft palate
*Infective nymphs migrate from the viscera during chewing and crawl up into the [[Nasal cavity - Anatomy & Physiology|nasal cavity]] via the [[Soft Palate - Anatomy & Physiology|soft palate]]
*Infective nymphs mature to adults in the nasal cavities and can survive for a year in the final host
*Infective nymphs mature to adults in the [[Nasal cavity - Anatomy & Physiology|nasal cavities]] and can survive for a year in the final host
'''Pathogenesis'''
'''Pathogenesis'''