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==Aleurostrongylus abstrusus==
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*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 Aleurostrongylus abstrusus
 
[http://www.ivis.org/advances/Parasit_Bowman/conboy_angiostrongylosis/chapter_frm.asp Link to more info on ''A. vasorum''] (Will need to have an IVIS log in.)
 
 
 
==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)
 
 
 
*''Angiostrongylus vasorum'' live in [[Respiratory Parasitic Infections - Pathology#Angiostrongylus vasorum|pulmonary arteries]] of dogs
 
 
 
[[Category:Metastrongyloidea]][[Category:To_Do_-_Parasites]]
 

Latest revision as of 09:14, 28 July 2010