Parasite of the Month


Toxocara canis is the most common parasite of dogs throughout the world. Visceral larva migrans, due to the larval stage of this parasite, has also been reported from many countries. The symptoms will be of a pulmonary nature with an asthma-like condition or bronchitis, choughing, wheezing, and fever. An enlargement of the liver togethoer with a moderate to high eosinophilia are the only clinically diagnostic signs.
from Ova and Parasites - Medical Parasitology for the Laboratory Technologist by Robert S. Desowitz
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Adult worms of Toxocara canis
expelled from a pupy after administration of anthelmintics.

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Adult worm produced thousands of eggs in a day.

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Within 2 weeks, the egg fully developed and contains an infective larva. Humans, especially young children, acquire the infection by accidental ingestion of soil contaminated with infective ova.

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The larva migrate into various tissues of the body such as the liver, the central nervous tissues, and the eys.
This slide shows a granulomatous lesion of the liver.

Parasite of the Previous Months Collections
  1. August 1995
  2. September 1995
  3. October 1995
  4. November 1995
  5. December 1995
  6. January 1996