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It is commonly known as scrambled egg slime or flowers of tan [2] because of its peculiar yellowish appearance. It is also known as dog vomit slime mold and is relatively common with a worldwide distribution, often being found on bark mulch in urban areas after heavy rain or excessive watering.
Mucilago crustacea is a species of slime mould, in the monotypic genus Mucilago, in the family Didymiaceae. [1] Due to its visual resemblance to canine vomit, [2] it is known colloquially as the "dog sick slime mould" [3] or "dog sick fungus", [4] albeit that slime moulds are not true fungi.
Mice and frogs can also infect the dog as collective hosts. The larvae hatch in the stomach, attach directly to the mucosa, and molt into adults (sexually mature worms). [24] The stomach worms cause damage to the gastric mucosa, leading to gastritis, bleeding and chronic vomiting. [25] In severe infection, weight loss and anemia occur.
Signs include vomiting, diarrhea, collapse, difficulty breathing, and body temperature approaching 42 °C to 43 °C. Treatment includes cooling the dogs with wet towels and fans, intravenous fluid therapy, and other supportive care. [171] If a dog's temperature begins to drop to around 40 °C, stop the cooling process.
Slime molds contribute to the decomposition of dead vegetation; some are parasitic. Most slime molds are terrestrial and free-living, typically in damp shady habitats such as in or on the surface of rotting wood. Some myxogastrians and protostelians are aquatic or semi-aquatic. The phytomyxea are parasitic, living inside their plant hosts.
Brefeldia maxima is a species of non-parasitic plasmodial slime mold, and a member of the class Myxomycetes. It is commonly known as the tapioca slime mold because of its peculiar pure white, tapioca pudding-like appearance. [3] A common species with a worldwide distribution, particularly in North America and Europe. [4]
Other potential causes of vomiting and diarrhea, white foam from the mouth include gastrointestinal parasites, bacterial infections including E. coli, Campylobacter, or Salmonella, protozoal infections such as coccidiosis or giardiasis, and gastrointestinal cancer.
Later a smooth white and silvery surface develops, which eventually splits to expose a brown spore mass beneath. [2] An aethalium is a term relating to slime moulds, referring to the relatively big, plump, pillow-shaped fruiting body, formed by the aggregation of plasmodia into a single functional body.