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| Also known as:

| Also known as:

| '''Dog lungworm

| '''Dog lungworm<br>''Osterus osleri

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'''Osterus osleri

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===Scientific Classification===

 

|name              = ''Filaroides osleri

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| Nematoda

|class              = ''[[:Category:Nematodes|Nematoda]]

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| Superfamily

|order              =

| Metastrongyloidea

|super-family      =''[[Category:Metastrongyloidea|Metastrongyloidea]]

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==Hosts==

==Hosts==

Dog.

Dog

==Identification==

==Identification==

==Life Cycle==

==Life Cycle==

This is a direct life cycle, so forms the exception in the superfamily ''Metastrongyloidea''.  The females are ovo-viviparous.  The eggs are laid, and hatch within the trachea.  They then transform into the larvae, which are coughed up and swallowed.  They then enter the intestine, and are past out in the faeces.

This is a direct life cycle, so forms the exception in the superfamily [[Category:Metastrongyloidea|''Metastrongyloidea'']].  The females are ovo-viviparous.  The eggs are laid, and hatch within the trachea.  They then transform into the larvae, which are coughed up and swallowed.  They enter the intestine, and are past out in the faeces.

The bitch may transfer the larvae to the pup during grooming, or infection may come about via digestion of the larvae. The larvae mature and travel to the lungs.   

The bitch may transfer the larvae to the pup during grooming, or infection may come about via digestion of the larvae. The larvae mature and travel to the lungs.   

[[Category:Metastrongyloidea]][[Category:Dog_Nematodes]]

[[Category:Metastrongyloidea]][[Category:Dog_Nematodes]]

[[Category:To_Do_-_Max]]

[[Category:To_Do_-_Max]]

[[Category:To_Do_-_Review]]

[[Category:Expert_Review]]

[[Category:Respiratory Parasitic Infections]]

[[Category:Respiratory Parasitic Infections]]