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  2. Dirofilaria immitis - Wikipedia

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    Dirofilaria immitis, also known as heartworm or dog heartworm, is a parasitic roundworm that is a type of filarial worm, a small thread-like worm, and which causes dirofilariasis. It is spread from host to host through the bites of mosquitoes. Four genera of mosquitoes transmit dirofilariasis, Aedes, Culex, Anopheles, and Mansonia. [2]

  3. Angiostrongylus vasorum - Wikipedia

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    Angiostrongylus vasorum, also known as French heartworm, is a species of parasitic nematode in the family Metastrongylidae. It causes the disease canine angiostrongylosis in dogs. It causes the disease canine angiostrongylosis in dogs.

  4. List of dog diseases - Wikipedia

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    Echinococcosis is an infectious disease infecting dogs and sheep. Heartworm disease is caused by Dirofilaria immitis, which uses the mosquito as its vector. Heartworms live in the pulmonary artery and right ventricle of the heart. Heartworm disease in dogs is spread by mosquitoes that harbor the parasite Dirofilaria immitis.

  5. Dog health - Wikipedia

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    Pet owners who give their dogs homemade diets may incorporate extra vitamins and supplements. Between approximately 10 and 30 percent of dogs in the United States receive nutritional supplements. [70] A survey of U.S. pet owners in 2006 found that the most commonly used supplements were multivitamins and chondroprotective agents. [71]

  6. Toxocara canis - Wikipedia

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    Toxocara canis (T. canis, also known as dog roundworm) is a worldwide-distributed helminth parasite that primarily infects dogs and other canids, but can also infect other animals including humans. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The name is derived from the Greek word toxon 'bow, quiver' and the Latin word caro 'flesh'. [ 3 ]

  7. Wikipedia : WikiProject Veterinary medicine/Internal ...

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    Filariasis (domestic animals) - Disease in dogs, horses, cattle, missing info in poultry. Stub. Habronema - Stomach worm in horses. Unreferenced. Haemonchus contortus - Disease in sheep and goats. Short stub. Heartworm - Disease in dogs, missing info on cats (important), ferrets, and pinnipeds. Hoose (disease) - Disease in cattle, sheep, goats ...

  8. Dirofilariasis - Wikipedia

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    Dirofilariasis is an infection by parasites of the genus Dirofilaria. [1] It is transmitted through a mosquito bite; its main hosts include dogs and wild canids. These can give rise to granulomas in the pulmonary artery.

  9. Ancylostoma caninum - Wikipedia

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    Ancylostoma caninum is a species of nematode known as a hookworm, which principally infects the small intestine of dogs. [1] [2] [3] The result of A. caninum infection ranges from asymptomatic cases to death of the dog; better nourishment, increasing age, prior A. caninum exposure, or vaccination are all linked to improved survival.