Filaroides hirthi : Experimental Transmission Among Beagle Dogs Through Ingestion of First-Stage Larvae
- 12 November 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 194 (4266) , 735
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.982040
Abstract
Four beagle dogs were found to be infected with sexually mature Filaroides hirthi lungworms from 1 to 3 months after they ingested material containing first-stage larvae opens the theoretical possibility of autoinfection of which few nematode parasites are capable.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit: