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Re-Evaluation of a Hyperendemic Focus of Metastrongyloid Lungworm Infections in Gastropod Intermediate Hosts in Southern Germany [PDF]

Pathogens
The metastrongyloid nematodes Angiostrongylus vasorum, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, and Crenosoma vulpis can cause severe cardiopulmonary and respiratory symptoms in domestic dogs and cats and free-ranging canids and felids (e.g., foxes, wolves, wild cats,
Alena Dusch, Lisa Segeritz, Judith Schmiedel, Anja Taubert, Carlos Hermosilla   +4 more
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Prevalence and Species Identification of Lungworms in Sheep and Cattle: A Postmortem Study in North Shewa, Central Highlands of Ethiopia [PDF]

Veterinary Medicine International
Lungworms are among the major nematode parasites causing significant impacts on livestock production, mortality and morbidity in young animals, and poor productivity in adult animals.
Aweke Engdawork, Bersissa Kumsa
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Lungworm Infection in Extensively Managed Goats in Nyangatom District of South Omo Zone, Southern Ethiopia [PDF]

Veterinary Sciences
One of the common parasitic diseases of goats is lungworm infection, which causes significant economic losses due to losses in production and productivity.
Asrat Solomon Kenasew, Ayele Anjulo Kerkela, Tolisa Matiwos Tasisa   +2 more
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Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification detection assay for Dictyocaulus viviparus (Bloch, 1782) lungworm: DviLAMP [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
The bovine lungworm, Dictyocaulus viviparus (Bloch, 1782), is highly pathogenic and disease outbreaks can be difficult to predict and manage. Rapid and accurate diagnosis is vital, but without a sensitive diagnostic test this remains challenging in ...
Sirapat Nak-on, Sirapat Nak-on, Paul Campbell, Maha Mansour Shalaby, Maha Mansour Shalaby, Maha Mansour Shalaby, Jennifer McIntyre, Alistair Antonopoulos, Alistair Antonopoulos, Thapana Chontananarth, Thapana Chontananarth, Roz Laing   +11 more
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Detection of Rat Lungworms in Invasive Mollusks, Georgia, USA, 2024 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
The rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is an invasive, zoonotic parasite that can cause severe disease in humans. We collected A. cantonensis larvae from 2 host species, invasive apple and mystery snails, from bodies of water in Georgia, USA ...
Tyler J. Achatz, Caley H. Chun, Maggie A. Young, Jim Page, Matthew Rowe, Caroline Cooper, Laura Wenk, Vasyl V. Tkach   +7 more
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Zoonotic Rat Lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Black Rats, Houston, Texas, 2024 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
The Angiostrongylus cantonensis rat lungworm is a zoonotic nematode that infects several rat species. This nematode causes eosinophilic meningitis and meningoencephalitis in humans and other accidental hosts. We found a 20% prevalence of A.
Daniela A. Sierra, Tiana L. Sanders, Erin E. Edwards, Christine M. Molter, Guilherme G. Verocai   +4 more
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Lungworm Infection in Small Ruminants in Selected Districts of Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia [PDF]

Journal of Parasitology Research
Among small ruminants, lungworms are important parasitic nematodes that infect the lower respiratory tract and are implicated in a high mortality and morbidity rate. However, the magnitude and its determinants of lungworm infection in the study districts
Wondimu Tessema, Minale Getachew, Ephrem Tora   +2 more
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Lungworm infections in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the German Wadden Sea between 2006 and 2018, and serodiagnostic tests

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2021
Pseudaliid lungworm (Metastrongyloidea) infections and associated secondary bacterial infections may severely affect the health status of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in German waters. The presented retrospective analysis including data from 259
Anja Reckendorf, Eligius Everaarts, Paulien Bunskoek, Martin Haulena, Andrea Springer, Kristina Lehnert, Jan Lakemeyer, Ursula Siebert, Christina Strube   +8 more
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Bovine and Ovine Lungworm Infection at Durame District, Southern Ethiopia

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2021
Background. Lungworms are parasitic nematodes of the order Strongylidae that infect the lungs of cattle and sheep and cause bronchitis or pneumonia. Methods.
Haben Fesseha, Mesfin Mathewos
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Serum protein profile of cats as biomarker of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus invasion

Животновъдни науки, 2023
Lung strongyloidoses in cats are caused by members of superfamily Metastrongyloidea. The most frequently encountered species Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Railliet, 1898) (Rhabditida; Angiostrongylidae) parasitises in the lung tissue of both domestic and ...
Anton S. Tonev, Lazarin V. Lazarov, Monica R. Toneva   +2 more
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