Difference between revisions of "Category:Respiratory Parasitic Infections"

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*'''Dogs'''
 
*'''Dogs'''
 
**The term lungworm usually refers to [[Angiostrongylosis]] caused by ''[[Angiostrongylus vasorum]]''.
 
**The term lungworm usually refers to [[Angiostrongylosis]] caused by ''[[Angiostrongylus vasorum]]''.
**[[Filaroides osleri|''Filaroides (Oslerus) osleri'']] and ''[[Crenasoma vulpis]]'' also infect the canine respiratory tract.
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**[[Filaroides osleri|''Filaroides (Oslerus) osleri'']] and ''[[Crenosoma vulpis]]'' also infect the canine respiratory tract.
 
*'''Cats'''
 
*'''Cats'''
 
**The feline lungworm is ''[[Aelurostrongylus abstrusus]]''.
 
**The feline lungworm is ''[[Aelurostrongylus abstrusus]]''.

Revision as of 08:39, 22 July 2010

Respiratory Parasitic Infections

The term lungworm refers to infection of the respiratory tract by helminth parasites in any of the domestic species. The causes of lungworm are: