Angiostrongylus vasorum
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 is not zoonotic, that is, it cannot be transmitted to humans.
| Angiostrongylus vasorum | |
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| Angiostrongylus vasorum (male) from canine blood sample. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Angiostrongylidae |
| Genus: | Angiostrongylus |
| Species: | A. vasorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Angiostrongylus vasorum (Baillet, 1866) (Kamensky, 1905) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Not much is known about the biology of this species.
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