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Dog ascarid Genus & Species

Toxocara canis
Toxocara canis DH

Dogs
Toxocara canis/ Toxocara felis/ Toxascaris leonina adult location

Small intestine
Toxocara canis PPP

6 weeks/ 42 days
Toxocara canis Infective stage and time to become infective.

When egg larvates around 14 days in the enviorment.
Toxocara canis/ Toxocara felis general migration.

Egg hatches in SI; through liver; lungs; trachea; coughed up and swallowed; become adults in SI
Toxocara canis somatic migration.

Immature worms are carried from the lungs to other somatic tissue and stay there as infective larvae.
Toxocara canis Transmission
- Fecal-oral
- transplacental
- transmammary
- rodent paratenic host
Toxocara canis/Toxocara cati Disease
- Liver/Lung Damage
- pot-belly
- "poor-doers"
- vomiting/ diarrhea
- inapparent infection
Toxocara canis Control
- Remove feces
- deworm puppies
- deworm bitches prior to whelping
Toxocara canis Rx
- piperazine
- pyrantel
- milbemycin
- moxidectin
- fenbendazole
Toxocara canis/Toxocara cati Zoonosis
- Visceral Larva Migrans
- Ocular Larva Migrans
Cat Ascarid

Toxocara cati
Toxocara cati DH

Cats
Toxocara cati PPP

50 days
Toxocara cati Transmission
- Fecal-oral
- Transmammary
- Rodent Paratenic host
Toxocara cati/ Toxascaris leonina Control/Rx
- Same as T. canis
- selamectin
- emodepside
Dog & Cat Ascarid

Toxascaris leonina
Toxascaris leonina DH

dog and cats
Toxascaris leonina General Migration

eggs hatch in SI; become adults in SI
Toxascaris leonina Transmission
- Fecal-oral
- rodent paratenic host
Toxascaris leonina Disease
- Poor growth
- diarrhea
- pot-belly
Toxascaris leonina Zoonosis

none
Whipworm Genus & Species

Trichuris vulpis

Author

Dcmac

80274

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Nematodes

Description

Review of some common nematodes found inside small animals.

Updated

2011-04-18T03:51:16Z