Dictyocaulus Viviparus Flashcards
common name
lung worm
common name of disease
husk, hoose, verminous pneumonia
hosts
cattle
identification
slender white nematodes
size adult
3-10cm
life cycles
female lay eggs hatch to L1 coughed up and passed in feces develop L3 cattle swallow L3 L3 enter the lung and mature to adults
PPP
24 days
site of infection
trachea and bronchi
pathogenesis of penetration phase
days 1-7
larval migration
no clinical signs
infective stage
L3
diagnsosis
identification of L1
necropsy
L3 may also be dispersed by ____
fungi
pathogensis prepatent phrase
days 8-24
larvae develop to adults in lungs
alveolitis and bronchitis
pathogensis patent phase
days 25-60
adults in lungs
bronchitis and pneumonia
pathogensis postpatent phase
days 61-90
recovery starts- if animal is alive
clinical signs
coughing
postpatent parastitic bronchitis
treatment
Anthelmintics
management