Toxocara

Found all over the world and is most prevalent in areas populated by domesticated dogs and other canids

• Ascaris

• Capillaris

• Enterobius

• Toxocaris

Definitive host of Toxocara

• Dogs, cats, & other canids

• Pigs, mice, foxes, & birds

• Man

Paratenic host of Toxocara

• Dogs, cats, & other canids

• Pigs, mice, foxes, & birds

• Man

Predilection site of Toxocara

• Small intestine

• Stomach

• Esophagus

• Lungs

They live in and feed on intestinal contents when in the _

• Definitve host

• Infective host

• Paratenic host

Similar to Ascaris lumbricoides in appearance but only a _ its size

• quarter

• half

• whole

• 1/3

Toxocara live in the small intestine of dogs and cats

• Yes

• No

Toxocara require a period of _ outside the host

• maturation

• developmet

• hatching

• molting

Is eggs of Toxocara infective for humans?

• Yes

• No

The eggs of Toxocara resemble the eggs of _ , but are larger, less elongate, and have thinner shell and albuminoid outer covering

• Ascaris

• Ancylostoma

• Trichuris

• Strongyloides