Canine angiostrongylosis: The French heartworm: An emerging threat in North America

Angiostrongylus vasorum, French heartworm, is a metastrongloid parasite found in the pulmonary arteries and right ventricle of wild and domestic canids and various other animals. The natural definitive hosts are species of foxes. The geographic distribution of the parasite includes various countries...

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Published in:	Veterinary parasitology Vol. 176; no. 4; pp. 382 - 389
Main Author:	Conboy, G.A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 22-03-2011
Subjects:	Angiostrongylosis Angiostrongylus - growth & development Angiostrongylus - pathogenicity Angiostrongylus vasorum Animals Anthelmintics - therapeutic use antigens Antigens, Helminth - blood Anura - parasitology blood sampling Canidae Coagulopathy coasts Communicable Diseases, Emerging - diagnosis Communicable Diseases, Emerging - drug therapy Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology Communicable Diseases, Emerging - parasitology Communicable Diseases, Emerging - veterinary Computer Simulation computers Disease Reservoirs - parasitology Disease Reservoirs - veterinary Disease Transmission, Infectious - veterinary dog diseases Dog Diseases - diagnosis Dog Diseases - drug therapy Dog Diseases - epidemiology Dog Diseases - parasitology Dogs emerging diseases enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay Europe - epidemiology feces Feces - parasitology Female foxes Foxes - parasitology French heartworm frogs Gastropoda Gastropoda - parasitology geographical distribution heartworms Host Specificity ingestion larvae Life Cycle Stages Male moxidectin new methods North America - epidemiology paratenic hosts polymerase chain reaction Prevalence probability pulmonary artery Right-sided congestive heart failure Strongylida Infections - diagnosis Strongylida Infections - drug therapy Strongylida Infections - epidemiology Strongylida Infections - parasitology Verminous pneumonia North America Europe Angiostrongylosis French heartworm Right-sided congestive heart failure Coagulopathy Angiostrongylus vasorum Verminous pneumonia
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