Wat (wie) is lungworm$45719$ - definitie
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
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SPECIES OF WORM
Angiostrongylus cantonesis; Rat lungworm; Rat lung worm; Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a parasitic nematode (roundworm) that causes angiostrongyliasis, the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Basin. The nematode commonly resides in the pulmonary arteries of rats, giving it the common name rat lungworm.
Muellerius capillaris
SPECIES OF WORM
Hair lungworm
Muelleries capillaris, also known as the hair or goat lungworm, is one of the most economically important nematodes of small ruminants. Although normally non-pathogenic in sheep, the parasite causes a disease condition called muelleriosis in goats.
lungworm
PARASITIC WORMS THAT INFEST LUNGS
Lungworms
¦ noun a parasitic nematode worm found in the lungs of mammals. [Dictyocaulus and other genera.]
