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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
ID
80274
Card Set
Nematodes
Description
Review of some common nematodes found inside small animals.
Updated
2011-04-18T03:51:16Z
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