The common name for Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is cat lung worm. This worm was originally found and described by Mueller as Strongyluspusillus. In 1898, Railliet changed the name to Strongylusabstrusus. Braun and Luehe described a species from the cat that they named Strongylusnanus. In 1907, Railliet and Henry erected the genus Sythetocaulus to include this worm.
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The common name for capillaria plica is bladder worm. Capillaria plica is a parasitic nematode which is most often found in the urinary bladder, and occasionally in the kidneys, of dogs and foxes. It has also been found in the domestic cat, and various wild mammals.
Its presence usually produces no clinical symptoms, but in some cases, it leads to hematuria (blood in the urine), ...
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The common name for Dirofilaria immitis is heart worm. Dirofilaria immitis, the heartworm or dog heartworm, is a parasitic roundworm that is spread from host to host through the bites of mosquitoes. The heartworm is a type of filarial worm, a small thread-like worm that causes filariasis. The definitive host is the dog, but it can also infect cats, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and other ...
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The capillaria plica look like trichuris but smaller and rougher. Capillaria plica and Capillaria felis cati are rare parasites of dogs and cats, respectively. Capillaria is generally found in the eastern United States. It is not of great importance since it rarely causes disease except in young fox. Its eggs can easily be confused with those of the lungworms or whipworms.
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The microfilaria of dipetalonema reconditum has a blunt cranial end and a pointed posterior end. Dirofilaria immitis is pointed at both ends. Dipetalonema reconditum is a parasite you will not hear much about since it rarely causes significant disease. Its importance lies in the fact that its immature form (slender larvae called microfilariae) can be easily confused with those of Dirofilaria ...
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The ova of capillaria aerophila look like trichuris but are asymptomatic and slightly smaller. Capillaria aerophila is a nematode parasite found in the respiratory tract of foxes, dogs, and various other carnivorous mammals. A few cases of human infestation have also been reported. Though it is sometimes called a "lungworm", this term usually refers to other species of ...
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You can test for strongyloides with a direct smear or Baermann’s apparatus. Locating juvenile larvae, either rhabditiform or filariform, in recent stool samples will confirm the presence of this parasite. Other techniques used include direct fecal smears, culturing fecal samples on agar plates, serodiagnosis through ELISA, and duodenal fumigation. Still, diagnosis can be difficult ...
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The adult dipetalonema reconditum is found in the connective tissue of the skin like the SQ fascia especially in the limbs and back. The flea ingests a microfilaria when feeding on an infected dog. The microfilaria develops into an infective larva in 7 to 14 days.
When the flea again feeds on a dog the infective larva is injected into the skin. The larva develops to the adult stage in ...
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The strongylus vulgaris is found in the large intestines and colon of horses. Strongylus vulgaris (large strongyles), commonly known as the blood worm, is a common horse parasite in the phylum Nematoda. It looks like a long worm with a large biting mouth, as shown in the picture. They are usually reddish in color because of all the blood they take from the equine host.
This nematode ...
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A woodrat is a meal for the razorflit. Razorflits were winged predators found in the Deepwoods. They were quite similar to snickets and ratbirds. They flew in colonies and they made noises such as screeching and shrieks and they were tiny and translucent. They were mentioned in Clash of the Sky Galleons, Beyond the Deepwoods, Midnight Over Sanctaphrax, Last of the Sky Pirates, Vox, Freeglader ...
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