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+ | ==Aleurostrongylus abstrusus== | ||
+ | *Cats | ||
+ | *Parasite of the lungs | ||
+ | *Lifecycle | ||
+ | **Oviviparous females lay egs in lung parenchyma -> first stage larvae coughed up and swallowed ->develop further through larval stages only if enter intermediate hosts - slugs and snails ->eaten paratenic host ->paratenic host eaten by cat. | ||
+ | *Pathology - nematodes in pulmonary parenchyma - coughing, dyspnoea, can be fatal. | ||
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+ | ==Angiostrongylus vasorum== | ||
+ | *Dogs (Canids) | ||
+ | *Western Europe - not established in USA. | ||
+ | *Adults in pulmonary arterial tree. | ||
+ | **can lead to pulmonary thrombosis and pulmonary hypertension | ||
+ | *Likely similar lifecycle to Aeulorstrongylus abstrusus | ||
+ | [http://www.ivis.org/advances/Parasit_Bowman/conboy_angiostrongylosis/chapter_frm.asp Link to more info on ''A. vasorum''] | ||
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+ | ==Angiostrongylus cantonensis== | ||
+ | *Rats | ||
+ | *Cause of encephalomyelitis in man and dogs | ||
+ | *Intermediate host - gian African snail - Achatina fulica. | ||
+ | *Infection occurs when eating the raw paaratenic host (either the snails, or slugs and freshwater prawns) |
Revision as of 17:57, 6 December 2007
Aleurostrongylus abstrusus
- Cats
- Parasite of the lungs
- Lifecycle
- Oviviparous females lay egs in lung parenchyma -> first stage larvae coughed up and swallowed ->develop further through larval stages only if enter intermediate hosts - slugs and snails ->eaten paratenic host ->paratenic host eaten by cat.
- Pathology - nematodes in pulmonary parenchyma - coughing, dyspnoea, can be fatal.
Angiostrongylus vasorum
- Dogs (Canids)
- Western Europe - not established in USA.
- Adults in pulmonary arterial tree.
- can lead to pulmonary thrombosis and pulmonary hypertension
- Likely similar lifecycle to Aeulorstrongylus abstrusus
Link to more info on A. vasorum
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
- Rats
- Cause of encephalomyelitis in man and dogs
- Intermediate host - gian African snail - Achatina fulica.
- Infection occurs when eating the raw paaratenic host (either the snails, or slugs and freshwater prawns)