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{{Taxobox

|kingdom =Animalia            

|kingdom =Animalia              

|phylum =Nematoda            

|phylum =Nematoda                

|class =Secernentea              

|class =Secernentea                

|sub-class =          

|sub-class =            

|order =Ascaridida              

|order =Ascaridida                

|super-family =      

|super-family =          

|family =Toxocaridae            

|family =Toxocaridae                

|sub-family =        

|sub-family =            

|genus =Toxocara              

|genus =Toxocara                

|species =''T. canis''            

|species =''T. canis''              

}}

}}

   

   

[[Image:Toxocara canis.jpg|thumb|150px|right|''T. canis'' - Joel Mills, 2006 - Wikimedia commons]]

[[Image:Toxocara canis.jpg|thumb|150px|right|''T. canis'' egg - Joaquim Castellà -  Veterinary Parasitology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona]]

 

[[Image:Toxocara canis adult.jpg|thumb|150px|right|''T. canis'' adult worm from a puppy -  Joel Mills, 2006 - Wikimedia commons]]

==Overview==

==Overview==

==Life cycle==

==Life cycle==

Typically of an ascarid ''T. canis'' has larvae have a migratory life cycle that is significance in the pathogenesis of infection. This species also has the most complex life cycle in the Ascaridoidea superfamily. There are four different life cycles that can occur dependant on the circumstances that the larvae or adult encounter.  

Typically of an ascarid ''T. canis'' has larvae have a migratory life cycle that is significance in the pathogenesis of infection. This species also has the most complex life cycle in the Ascaridoidea superfamily. There are four different life cycles that can occur dependant on the circumstances that the larvae or adult encounter.    

====Cycle 1====

====Cycle 1====

This is mostly a typical ascarid life cycle and commonly occurs in dogs that are infected between 2 and 3 months old. The infective eggs contain L3 larvae which hatch in the small intestine of the host dog after being ingested. The larvae then enter the hepatic portal vein and travel through the liver and further to the lungs where they moult to L4. The larvae then migrate to the trachea where they are coughed up and swallows again by the host. This is known as hepato-tracheal migration. On returning to the small intestine they undergo two further moults before becoming adults.

This is mostly a typical ascarid life cycle and commonly occurs in dogs that are infected between 2 and 3 months old. The infective eggs contain L3 larvae which hatch in the small intestine of the host dog after being ingested. The larvae then enter the hepatic portal vein and travel through the liver and further to the lungs where they moult to L4. The larvae then migrate to the trachea where they are coughed up and swallows again by the host. This is known as hepato-tracheal migration. On returning to the small intestine they undergo two further moults before becoming adults.

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