Ancylostoma caninum


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Ancylostoma

 [an″sĭ-los´to-mah]
a genus of parasitic hookworms.
Ancylostoma america´num Necator americanus.
Ancylostoma brazilien´se a species parasitic in dogs and cats in tropical and subtropical regions; its larvae may cause a creeping eruption in humans.
Ancylostoma cani´num the common hookworm of dogs and cats.
Ancylostoma duodena´le a common hookworm parasitic in the human small intestine.

An·cy·los·to·ma ca·ni·'num

a species possessing three pairs of ventral teeth in the oral cavity; common in dogs, but also occurring in human skin as a cause of cutaneous larva migrans.

An·cy·los·to·ma ca·ni·num

(an'si-lo-stō'mă kā-nī'nŭm)
A nematode species possessing three pairs of ventral teeth in the oral cavity; common in dogs, but also occurring in human skin as a cause of cutaneous larva migrans.

Ancylostoma

a genus of nematode parasites (hookworm) belonging to the family Ancylostomatidae.
Ancylostoma brasiliense
a species parasitic in dogs and cats in tropical and subtropical regions; its larvae may cause creeping eruption in humans.
Ancylostoma caninum
the common hookworm of dogs.
Ancylostoma ceylanicum
a hookworm of dogs and cats in Asia; resembles A. braziliense.
Ancylostoma tubaeforme
the hookworm of cats.
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Ancylostoma secreted protein 2: Cloning and characterization of a second member of a family of nematode secreted proteins from Ancylostoma caninum.
Serum stimulated feeding in vitro by 3 stage infective larvae of canine hookworm Ancylostoma caninum.
Inmunogenicidad de la proteina recombinante ASP1r de Ancylostoma caninum en un modelo murino
Effect of vaccinations with recombinant fusion proteins on Ancylostoma caninum habitat selection in the canine intestine.
Efecto protector de oncosferas homologas en la infeccion por Hymenolepis nana var. nana
Human eosinophilic enteritis caused by dog hookworm Ancylostoma caninum.
How To Prevent Transmission of Intestinal Roundworms from Pets to People
Ancylostoma caninum was recovered from one male red fox (CGS6179, others as above; 12.
Ancylostoma caninum, the dog hookworm, has been found in red foxes from Illinois (Leigh, 1949; Dyer and Klimstra, 1981), Kansas (Standley, 1963), Iowa (Smith, 1943), and Florida (Conti, 1984).
Distribution records for helminths of the red fox Vulpes vulpes from New Mexico
Los nematodos Ancylostoma caninum, Trichuris vulpis y Toxacara canis, y los cestodos Dipylidium caninum y Taenia sp son los principales endoparasitos que afectan a los caninos (Coffin, 1986), y que en situaciones de infestaciones masivas pueden ocasionarle la muerte.
Helminthiasis gastrointestinal en perros pastores de comunidades ganaderas de Puno, Peru
Infestation rate with Ancylostoma caninum and Dipylidium caninum respectively 8% and 7% were observed, also infestation rate of Trichuris vulpis 6% were distinguished.
Prevalence of gastrointestinal helminthic infestation in pet and stray dogs in Tabriz (East-azerbaijan Province), Iran
Ancylostoma caninum (Ercolani, 1859) infection observed in one armadillo may be due cross infection with infective forms originated from sympatric carnivores, as only three nematodes have been found in one host.
Helminthological records of six-banded Armadillos Euphractus sexcinctus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Brazilian semi-arid region, Patos county, Paraiba state, including new morphological data on Trichohelix tuberculata (Parona and Stossich, 1901) Ortlepp, 1922 and proposal of Hadrostrongylus ransomi nov. comb
Las infecciones de perros con endoparasitos pueden causar muerte, enfermedad aguda o cronica, reduciendo considerablemente el rendimiento y pueden interferir con el desarrollo de inmunidad luego de la vacunacion contra agentes infecciosos [6], Los perros pueden estar parasitados por una diversidad de nematodes intestinales, cuyos ciclos biologicos y acciones patogenas varian considerablemente, entre los mas frecuentes se senalan: Toxocara canis, Toxascaris leonina, Trichuris vulpis y Ancylostoma caninum [7].
Eficiencia del nitroscanato en perros naturalmente infectados con Toxocara canis y Ancylostoma spp

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