lungworm
Metastrongylus latin

There are several different Lungworm parasites that have been identified.

The eggs of the adult larvae hatch thus producing lungworm.

Though it is sometimes called a "lungworm", this term usually refers to other species of nematodes.

If infected with lungworm parasite, an anti-parasite drug must be administered.

Pastures that housed donkeys may be infected with lungworm larvae.

The general life cycle of a lungworm begins with an ingestion of infected larvae.

It has been associated with infection in humans by the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis.

But what about the lungworm,Stenurus?

The only reliable method of preventing parasitic bronchitis is to immunise all young calves with lungworm vaccine.

Muellerius capillaris (Mueller, 1889), also known as hair lungworm, is nematode parasite of small ruminants.

The lungworm will gradually damage the airways or lung tissue by inciting an inflammatory reaction inside the tissue.

The nematode commonly resides in the pulmonary arteries of rats, giving it the nickname the rat lungworm.

Parmarion martensi is a host for the nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which causes rat lungworm disease.

D. viviparus is the most common lungworm of cattle; the infection is also known as husk or parasitic bronchitis.

Pilobolus and the Lungworm at the Cornell Mushroom Blog (with time lapse video)

However, Platydemus manokwari is a paratenic host for the nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis, also known as the rat lungworm.

Although they all originate from the lungworm parasite, they are treated somewhat differently and requires a combination of various drugs to treat the parasite.

This slug is an intermediate host for Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, a round worm, the most common cause of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis.

The detailed life cycle is not fully known, but is considered to be similar to that of the bovine lungworm, D. viviparus, except in the following respects.

In practice, a presumptive diagnosis of lungworm infection in horses is often only possible in retrospect, when resolution of the clinical signs occurs after treatment.

There is a further, but largely unexplored risk that Pomacea insularum harbors rat lungworm parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis.

The Baermann method is similar but requires more specialized equipment and more time and is typically used to diagnose lungworm and threadworm.

Larval lungworm nematodes excreted by infected deer, elk, cattle, horses, and other hosts climb up Pilobolus sporangiophores and are discharged with the sporangium.

Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which is also known as the rat lungworm, causes eosinophilic meningitis and is prevalent in Southeast Asia and tropical Pacific islands.

The trichostrongyloids are small, often hair-like, worms in the bursate group which, with the exception of the lungworm Dictyocaulus, parasitise the alimentary tract of animals and birds.

It is caused by various species of genus Metastrongylus.

Only one genus occurs in pigs, Metastrongylus, and it is exceptional in having earthworms, rather than molluscs, as intermediate hosts.

Metastrongylus is a genus of nematodes of the family Metastrongylidae, usually found as lungworms in pigs and sometimes causing verminous bronchitis.

These include Metastrongylus elongatus (apri), found in pigs; Oslerus osleri found in dogs; and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus found in cats.

The small rough-shelled larvated eggs are characteristic, but it should be recollected that Metastrongylus is often present in normal pigs, and pulmonary signs may be referable to virus infection rather than lungworms.

Though it is often suggested that Metastrongylus may transmit some of the porcine viruses, and may enhance the effect of viruses already present in the lungs, the role of the worm is not conclusively proven.

Hoose is a disease of sheep, cattle, goats, and swine caused by the presence of various species of nematodes of the genera Dictyocaulus, Metastrongylus, and Protostrongylus in the bronchial tubes or in the lungs.