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| − | + | ==== Life-Cycle ==== | |
| + | Adults (approximately 2cm), produce anticoagulants to reduce thrombus formation leading to coagulation disorders: | ||
| − | + | → eggs laid into pulmonary arteries | |
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| − | + | → trapped in lung capillaries | |
| − | + | → larvae (with merastrongyloid kinky tail) hatch out | |
| − | + | → alveoli (causing a small injury) | |
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| − | + | → trachea | |
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| − | + | → swallowed | |
| − | + | → passed in faeces | |
| − | + | → slug (intermediate host) | |
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| + | → eaten by dog or fox (final hosts) | ||
| − | + | → larvae migrate via mesenteric lymph nodes | |
| − | + | → blood stream | |
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| − | + | → heart. | |
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| + | ==== 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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| + | [[Category:Metastrongyloidea]][[Category:Dog_Nematodes]] | ||
Revision as of 12:49, 28 April 2010
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.