Toxocara canis

Introduction: Toxocara canis

Description of Toxocara canis

Toxocara canis (medical condition): A form of nematode found in the dog.

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Toxocara canis: the common ascarid species in the small intestine of the dog, where prenatal infection is a common mode of infection of pups; it is also reported in cats, wolves, foxes, coyotes, and badgers; the second-stage larva is the most frequent cause of visceral larva migrans in the liver of children.
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Toxocara canis: A species of parasitic nematode found in the intestine of dogs. Lesions in the brain, liver, eye, kidney, and lung are caused by migrating larvae. In humans, these larvae do not follow normal patterns and may produce visceral larva migrans (LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL).
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Toxocara canis: A species of parasitic nematode found in the intestine of dogs. Lesions in the brain, liver, eye, kidney, and lung are caused by migrating larvae. In humans, these larvae do not follow normal patterns and may produce visceral larva migrans (LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL).
Source: MeSH 2007

Toxocara canis: Related Topics

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• Toxocara

Toxocara canis as a Disease

Toxocara canis (medical condition): See Toxocara canis (disease information).
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Toxocara canis: Related Diseases

Toxocara canis: Toxocara canis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Toxocariasis

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• Information about Toxocara canis
• Basic Summary for Toxocara canis

Toxocara canis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Toxocara canis:

• dog roundworm
• antihelmointhic treatment
• pyrantel
• toxocariasis
• visceralis larva migrans
• ocularis larva migrans

Hierarchical classifications of Toxocara canis

The following list attempts to classify Toxocara canis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Animals
  • Invertebrates
    • Helminths
      • Nematoda
        • Secernentea
          • Ascaridida
            • Ascaridoidea
              • Toxocara
                • Toxocara canis

External links related to: Toxocara canis

• DPDx - Toxocariasis
• Handbook of Ocular Disease Management - Toxocariasis (Ocular Larva Migrans)
• Toxocara canis (canine roundworm)

Source: Diseases Database

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