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*''Angiostrongylus vasorum'' is easy to treat with suitable anthelmintics, but the others require high daily doses of benzimidazoles for 3-7days.
*''Angiostrongylus vasorum'' is easy to treat with suitable anthelmintics, but the others require high daily doses of benzimidazoles for 3-7days.
*Two or more courses of treatment may be necessary (with a rest period between each).
*Two or more courses of treatment may be necessary (with a rest period between each).
*Adult worms live in the [[Lungs Circulatory - Pathology|pulmonary arteries]] and '''right side of the heart''' dogs and foxes
*Cause a proliferative endoarteritis
*More severe damage is caused however by eggs lodging in arterioles and capillaries
*In severe infection, this can result in [[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of pneumonia|pneumonia]] and [[Lungs Circulatory - Pathology#Pulmonary oedema|pulmonary oedema]] as an acute syndrome
*Circulatory impedance can result in congestive cardiac failure
*Particularly a problem if dogs eats snails
*Gross:
**Patchy white appearance with haemorrhagic areas within
*Microscopically:
**Golden pigment within macrophages (haemosiderin)
**Inflammation and scarring of alveolar walls -> enlargement of remaining air spaces
*Worms secrete anticoagulant -> haemorrhage in other parts of body
*May present as neurological cases due to the haemorrhage
*May cause [[Lungs Circulatory - Pathology#Embolism, thrombosis and infarction|pulmonary thromboembolism]]
[[Category:Metastrongyloidea]][[Category:Dog_Nematodes]][[Category:To_Do_-_Parasites]]
[[Category:Metastrongyloidea]][[Category:Dog_Nematodes]][[Category:To_Do_-_Parasites]]