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'''Recognition'''
 
'''Recognition'''
*Tongue-like appearance
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*[[Oral Cavity - Tongue - Anatomy & Physiology|Tongue]]-like appearance
 
**Expanded anteriorly
 
**Expanded anteriorly
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*6 month life cycle
 
*6 month life cycle
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*Adults inhabit the nasal passages of dogs and sometimes cats  
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*Adults inhabit the [[Nasal cavity - Anatomy & Physiology|nasal passages]] of dogs and sometimes cats  
    
*Eggs are expelled by coughing and sneezing or are passed out with the faeces
 
*Eggs are expelled by coughing and sneezing or are passed out with the faeces
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*Herbivorous intermediate hosts ingest the eggs
 
*Herbivorous intermediate hosts ingest the eggs
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*Eggs hatch in the herbivore intestine
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*Eggs hatch in the herbivore [[Small Intestine - Anatomy & Physiology|intestine]]
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*Larvae migrate to the mesenteric lymph nodes and encyst to become infective nymphs
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*Larvae migrate to the [[Peritoneal cavity - Anatomy & Physiology#Mesenteries|mesenteric lymph nodes]] and encyst to become infective nymphs
 
**Cysts measure 1mm in diameter
 
**Cysts measure 1mm in diameter
    
*When a dog eats infeced uncooked viscera the life cycle is completed
 
*When a dog eats infeced uncooked viscera the life cycle is completed
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*Infective nymphs migrate from the viscera during chewing and crawl up into the nasal cavity via the soft palate
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*Infective nymphs migrate from the viscera during chewing and crawl up into the [[Nasal cavity - Anatomy & Physiology|nasal cavity]] via the [[Soft Palate - Anatomy & Physiology|soft palate]]
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*Infective nymphs mature to adults in the nasal cavities and can survive for a year in the final host
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*Infective nymphs mature to adults in the [[Nasal cavity - Anatomy & Physiology|nasal cavities]] and can survive for a year in the final host
    
'''Pathogenesis'''
 
'''Pathogenesis'''
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