by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
Dirofilaria striata (Molin, 1858) Railliet & Henry, 1911 Dirofilariastriata was first described from pumas in Brazil by Molin (1858) and redescribed by Anderson and Diaz-Ungria (1959) from ocelots and margay cats from Venezuela. These are very large worms that...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
Dirofilaria repens Railliet and Henry, 1911 ETYMOLOGY: Diro = dread + filaria = thread along with repens = creeping SYNONYMS:Filaria acutiuscula Molin, 1858; Dirofilaria conjunctivae (Addario, 1885) Desportes, 1940. HISTORY: The parasite first was described from the...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
Dirofilaria immitis (Leidy, 1856) Railliet & Henry, 1911 Figures 4-52 through 4-56) ETYMOLOGY:Diro = dread + filaria = thread along with immitis = ???????? SYNONYMS:Filaria sanguinis Cobbold, 1869; Dirofilarialouisianensis Faust, Thomas, and Jones, 1941. HISTORY:...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
Brugia beaveri Ash and Little, 1964 This worm was originally described from the lymph nodes, skin, and carcass of the raccoon (Procyonlotor) in Louisiana, USA (Ash and Little, 1964). It was later shown to infect cats experimentally (Harbut and Orihel, 1995) and...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 20, 2014
Brugia malayi (Brug, 1928) Buckley, 1960 (Figures 4-50 through 4-51) ETYMOLOGY: Brugia for Dr. Brug and malayi for the area in which the parasite was initially isolated. SYNONYMS:Filariamalayi Brug, 1927; Microfilariamalayi (Brug, 1927) Faust, 1929; Filariabancrofti...
