Ascariasis in Dogs & Cats: Young animals are chiefly affected and intrauterine infection of pups by larvae of toxocara canis. Such larvae remain in the liver of the foetus until the latter is born and begins to breathe, when they migrate to the lungs. The host may also be affected by the adult worms in the intestine. The worms may [...]
List of three major diseases caused by Helminth parasites in animals:- 1. Hepatic Fascioliasis 2. Taeniasis in Dogs and Cats 3. Taeniasis in Cattle and Swine. Helminth Parasite: Disease # 1. Hepatic Fascioliasis: It is caused by members of the genera Fasciola, Fascioloides and Dicrocoelium and they are all liver flukes. The principal parasites are Fasciola hepatica, Fasciola gigantica, Fascioloides [...]