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| − | ==[[Aleurostrongylus abstrusus]]== | + | {{frontpage |
| − | *Cats
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| − | *Parasite of the lungs
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| − | *Lifecycle
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| − | **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.
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| − | *Pathology - nematodes in pulmonary parenchyma - coughing, dyspnoea, can be fatal.
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| − | ==[[Angiostrongylus vasorum]]==
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| − | *Dogs (Canids)
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| − | *Western Europe - not established in USA.
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| − | *Adults in pulmonary arterial tree.
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| − | **can lead to pulmonary thrombosis and pulmonary hypertension
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| − | *Likely similar lifecycle to Aleurostrongylus abstrusus
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| − | [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]]==
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| − | *Rats
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| − | *Cause of encephalomyelitis in man and dogs
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| − | *Intermediate host - gian African snail - Achatina fulica.
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| − | *Infection occurs when eating the raw paaratenic host (either the snails, or slugs and freshwater prawns)
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| − | *''Angiostrongylus vasorum'' live in [[Respiratory Parasitic Infections - Pathology#Angiostrongylus vasorum|pulmonary arteries]] of dogs
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