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Thelazia

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Eye worm
Host- cat and dog
Ppp-16-21 days
-lives in conjunctival sacs and tear ducts

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Diotophyme renale

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Giant kidney worm
Host- cats and dogs
Ppp 5 months

  • ingestion of infected earthworm
  • ingestion of paratenic host (frogs, fish, crayfish)
  • adults live in right kidney and peritoneal cavity
  • asymptotic to hematuria and/or signs of renal dysfunction
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Angiostrongylus vasorum

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French heart worm
Ppp 38-57 days
- adults found in pulmonary artery and right ventricle

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Crenosoma vulpis

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Lung worm

Host- dog

  • ingestion of intermediate host (snail)
  • often mild symptoms, chronic cough
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Eucoleus boehmi

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Lung worm

  • affects nasal and paranasal cavity

Host- dog

  • asymptotic or sneezing and nasal discharge
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Ancylostoma braziliense

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Hook worm

Host- cat and dog
- adult live in small intestine

  • anemia, diarrhea, weakness, melons, dermatitis, respiratory disease
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Eucoleus (capillaria) aerophila

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Lung worm

host- cat and dog
adults- live in trachea, bronchi, bronchioles

  • ingestion of infected ova in sputum or poop
  • ingestion of infected earthworm

-no symptoms- respiratory signs

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Trichuris campanula

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whipworm

host- cat
adults- live in cecum and colon
-asymptomatic

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Trichuris serrata

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Whipworm

host- cat
adults- live in cecum and colon

asymptomatic

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Trichuris vulpis

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Whipworm

host- dog
ppp- 3 months
adults- live in small intestine and cecum

ingesting infected ova

  • diarrhea and anemia
  • hematochezia (fresh blood in poop)
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Aelurostrongylus abstrusus

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Lungworm

host-cat
ppp-5-6 weeks
Adults- live in lung

ingest intermediate host (snail, slug)
ingest paratenic host (rodent, birds, frogs)

-chronic cough or asymptomatic

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Baylisascaris procyonis

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Raccoon round worm

-zoonotic

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Toxocara canis

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Round worm

host-dog
ppp- 6 weeks
adults- live in small intestine

ingest infected egg
ingest paratenic host
transmammary or transplacentally

  • potbelly, under weight, vomiting, diarrhea, coughing
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Toxocara cati

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Round worm

host- cat
ppp- 7 weeks
adults- live in small intestine

ingest infected egg
ingest paratenic host
transmammary or transplacentally

-potbelly, under weight, vomitting, diarrhea, coughing

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Toxascaris leonina

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Round worm

host- cat and dog
ppp- 6-9 weeks
adults- live in small intestines

ingesting infected egg
ingesting paratenic host

  • weakness, dehydration, diarrhea, poor condition with heavy worm burden
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Strongyloides stercoralis

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Thread worm

host- cat and dog
ppp- 8-14 days
adults- live in small intestine

skin penetration
ingesting infected larvae

-severe diarrhea, respiratory signs

only females are parasitic

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Ancylostoma tubaeformae

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Hook worm

host- cat
ppp- 3 weeks
adults- live in small intestines and ingest blood

ingest infected larva
ingest paratenic host
skin penetration

  • anemia, diarrhea, weakness, melon, dermatitis, respiratory disease
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Ancylostoma caninum

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Hook worm

host- dog
ppp- 2 weeks
adults- live in small intestine and ingest blood

ingest infected larvae
ingest paratenic host
transmammary or transplacentally
skin penetration

anemia, diarrhea, weakness, dermatitis, respiratory disease

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physaloptera

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Stomach worm

host- cat and dog
ppp- 58-83 days
adults- ingest blood

ingesting host (beetle)

vomiting, gastritis, anorexia, anemia

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Uncinaria stenocephala

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hook worm

host- cats and dogs
ppp- 2 weeks
adults- live in the small intestines

ingesting larva
ingesting paratenic host
skin penetration

  • often no signs
21
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Pearsonema plica

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Bladder worm

host- dog
ppp- 2 months
- lives in mucosa of urinary bladder

ingesting infected earthworm
ingesting paratenic host
soil containing macerated earthworms

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Spirocerca lupi

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Esophageal worm

host- dog
ppp- 5-6 months
- found in stomach and aorta walls

ingest intermediate host or paratenic host

vomiting, dysphagia, weight loss, esophageal tumors

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Pearsonema feliscati

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Bladder worm

host- cat
pp- 2 months
- lives in the mucosa of the urinary bladder

ingesting infected earthworm
ingesting paratenic host
soil containing macerated earthworms

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