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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 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.) | ||
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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) | ||
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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.
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
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)