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lungworms

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Location: Trachea, bronchi & bronchioles   PROTOSTRONGYLUS  
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Hosts: Sheep (including bighorn sheep), goats & deer   PROTOSTRONGYLUS  
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L1’s have a pointed tail   PROTOSTRONGYLUS  
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ADULTS LOCATED IN THE LUNG PARENCHYMA   MUELLERIUS  
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HOSTS: SHEEP, GOATS & WILD RUMINANTS   MUELLERIUS  
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LARVAE HAVE A DORSAL SPINE   MUELLERIUS  
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Protostrongylus reported in bighorn sheep   Transplacental transmission  
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Intermediate hosts are snails or slugs   Intermediate hosts are snails or slugs  
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Nodule (adenoma-like) proliferation of the bronchial epithelium has been associated with   MUELLERIUS  
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Meningeal Worm   Parelaphostrongylus tenuis  
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Common and non-pathogenic in white-tailed deer   Parelaphostrongylus tenuis  
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Abnormal hosts: Any other ruminant (rarely reported in domestic/wild cattle)   Parelaphostrongylus tenuis  
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1912: first recognized in moose in the north central US (“moose sickness”)   Parelaphostrongylus tenuis  
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Adults reside in the subdural space and venous sinuses beneath the meninges of the brain and spinal cord   Parelaphostrongylus tenuis  
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CSF tap (eosinophilia is a more consistent finding in llama & alpaca)   Parelaphostrongylus tenuis  
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Elevated total protein, creatine kinase, plasma fibrinogen and RBC’s in the CSF   Parelaphostrongylus tenuis  
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Histopathology (larvae in spinal cord)   Parelaphostrongylus tenuis  
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ELISA (white tailed deer, elk and goats) using L3 excretory-secretory antigens   Parelaphostrongylus tenuis  
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Larvae will ONLY be found in the feces of white-tailed deer   Parelaphostrongylus tenuis  
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Lungworm of Swine   METASTRONGYLUS  
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IH - earthworms   METASTRONGYLUS  
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Adults in bronchi and bronchioles   METASTRONGYLUS  
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Migrating larvae cause verminous pneumonia   METASTRONGYLUS  
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Diagnosis – embryonated, thick-shelled eggs, L1 have blunt tail   METASTRONGYLUS  
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  METASTRONGYLUS  
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Life cycle: direct, no IH   Dictyocaulus  
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Adults reside in the trachea, bronchi & bronchioles   Dictyocaulus  
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Pathogenesis – verminous pneumonia   Dictyocaulus  
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Diagnosis – adults at necropsy, eggs/larvae in feces, Baermann technique   Dictyocaulus  
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Control – sanitation, irrigation, pasture rotations, improve nutrition and deworming program   Dictyocaulus  
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  Dictyocaulus  
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Unembryonated eggs deposited in the lungs → L1’s develop within the host   Dictyocaulus arnfieldi  
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L3’s develop in the feces ~ 5-7 days (pointed tail; rarely seen in horses   Dictyocaulus arnfieldi  
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Patency occurs in donkeys & mules   Dictyocaulus arnfieldi  
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Arrested larval development in horses & pathogenic in horses   Dictyocaulus arnfieldi  
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Don’t pasture horses with mules   Dictyocaulus arnfieldi  
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most important lungworm in calves, only nematode that reaches maturity in lungs of cattle   D. viviparus  
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Feces-inhabiting fungus (Pilobulus) disseminates larvae by propelling spores & L3’s - ingested by DH   D. viviparus  
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(in the southeast areas of Europe)   D. filaria  
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(in the northeastern areas of Europe)   D. viviparus  
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Small Animal Lungworms   Filaroides = Oslerus  
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U.S., Europe & Canada   Filaroides = Oslerus  
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L1 (“S” shaped or pointed tail w/kink or bent tail) (PAVE, 2007)   Filaroides = Oslerus  
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L1’s are directly infective to puppies   Filaroides = Oslerus  
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Adults form nodules in the trachea and bronchi of canids (wild & domestic   Filaroides = Oslerus  
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Does not usually cause clinical disease (unless given prednisone & a secondary bacterial infection develops).   F. hirthi  
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Usually a subclinical infection   F. hirthi  
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May cause a focal granulomatous reaction that may resemble drug-induced and neoplastic lesions   F. hirthi  
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Verminous Pneumonia   F. hirthi  
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All 5 molts are completed in the lung tissue of the dog   Filaroides species  
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Auto-infection is common   Filaroides species  
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Severity of disease correlates with the species   F. osleri vs. F. hirthi  
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Ivermectin, fenbendazole   Filaroides species  
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Nodules may reduce in size, but not resolve completely   F. osleri  
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Found in many parts of the world (US, Europe, Australia & Brazil)   Aelurostrongylus  
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Cat Lungworm   Aelurostrongylus  
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Females deposit eggs in “nests” in lung parenchyma   Aelurostrongylus  
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Tail resembles Muellerius with dorsal spine   Aelurostrongylus  
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Cats become infected by eating molluscs or paratenic host (frog or lizard which eat snails/slugs)   Aelurostrongylus  
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small, grayish-white sub-pleural nodules   Aelurostrongylus  
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Coughing, dyspnea, weight loss, bronchopneumonia   Aelurostrongylus  
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