by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 17, 2014
Gnathostomaprocyonis and other Gnathostoma spp. Gnathostomaprocyonis was described from raccoons in Texas, USA, by Chandler (1942); the life cycle was described by Ash (1962a&b). Ash (1962b) experimentally infected seven kittens with larvae from naturally infected...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 17, 2014
Gnathostoma spinigerum Owen, 1836 ETYMOLOGY:Gnathos = jaw and stoma = mouth, along with spinigerum representing the rings of spines on the anterior end of the parasite. SYNONYMS: Cheiracanthus robustus Diesing, 1838, Cheiracanthus socialis Leidy, 1859, Filaria radula...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 17, 2014
GNATHOSTOMATOIDEA The Gnathostomoidea is a group of Spirurid nematodes that like Dracunculus have a first intermediate host that is a small copepod crustacean. Unlike Dracunculus, the genera in this superfamily tend to routinely use paratenic hosts for the purpose of...
