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AELUROSTRONGYLUS 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
 
 
 
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)
 

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