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2. Cat worm infections - Wikipedia

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   The most common roundworm in most cats is toxocara mystax (syn. toxocara cati), infestation with toxascaris leonina is less common. Only in ocelots in Texas was T. leonina detectable in every animal, making it the most common parasite, [2] and in bobcats in Nebraska it was observed almost as often as T. mystax. [3]

3. Toxocara cati - Wikipedia

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   Toxocara cati, also known as the feline roundworm, is a parasite of cats and other felids. It is one of the most common nematodes of cats, infecting both wild and domestic felids worldwide. Adult worms are localised in the gut of the host. In adult cats, the infection – which is called toxocariasis – is usually asymptomatic. However ...

4. Toxocariasis - Wikipedia

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   Toxocariasis is an illness of humans caused by the dog roundworm (Toxocara canis) and, less frequently, the cat roundworm (Toxocara cati). [1] These are the most common intestinal roundworms of dogs, coyotes, wolves and foxes and domestic cats, respectively. [2] Humans are among the many "accidental" or paratenic hosts of these roundworms. [3]

5. Toxascaris leonina - Wikipedia

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   Toxascaris leonina is a common parasitic roundworm found in dogs, cats, foxes, and related host species. T. leonina is an ascarid nematode, a worldwide distributed helminth parasite which is in a division of eukaryotic parasites that, unlike external parasites such as lice and fleas, live inside their host. [2]

6. Toxoplasma gondii - Wikipedia

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   Dividing T. gondii parasites. Toxoplasma gondii (/ ˈ t ɒ k s ə ˌ p l æ z m ə ˈ ɡ ɒ n d i. aɪ,-iː /) is a species of parasitic alveolate that causes toxoplasmosis. [3] Found worldwide, T. gondii is capable of infecting virtually all warm-blooded animals, [4]: 1 but felids are the only known definitive hosts in which the parasite may undergo sexual reproduction.

7. Thelazia callipaeda - Wikipedia

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   Thelazia callipaeda is a parasitic nematode, and the most common cause of thelaziasis (or eyeworm infestation) in humans, dogs and cats. [1] It was first discovered in the eyes of a dog in China in 1910. [2] By 2000, over 250 human cases had been reported in the medical literature. [3]