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=== '''''ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM''''' ===
−*Infects dogs and foxes.
−*A typical metastrongyloid, with the adult worms living in the pulmonary arteries and the right side of the heart.
−==== Life-Cycle ====
−Adults (approximately 2cm), produce anticoagulants to reduce thrombus formation leading to coagulation disorders:
−→ eggs laid into pulmonary arteries
−→ trapped in lung capillaries
−→ larvae (with merastrongyloid kinky tail) hatch out
−→ alveoli (causing a small injury)
−→ trachea
−→ swallowed
−→ passed in faeces
−→ slug (intermediate host)
−→ eaten by dog or fox (final hosts)
−→ larvae migrate via mesenteric lymph nodes
−→ blood stream
−→ heart.
−==== Epidemiology ====
−Once restricted to Southern Ireland and Cornwall, this lungworm is spreading across the British Isles and is now endemic in the South-East. The fox may act as a reservoir of infection.
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*''[[Filaroides osleri|Filaroides (Oslerus) osleri]]
*''[[Filaroides osleri|Filaroides (Oslerus) osleri]]
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−*''Angiostrongylus vasorum''
+*''[[Angiostrongylus vasorum]]''
*''Dirofilaria immitis'' (not in UK)
*''Dirofilaria immitis'' (not in UK)
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== Nematodes of Dogs - LUNGWORMS ==
== Nematodes of Dogs - LUNGWORMS ==
−== Treatment of Hookworms, Whipworms and Lungworms in Dogs and Cats ==
== Treatment of Hookworms, Whipworms and Lungworms in Dogs and Cats ==