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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Nematoda > Chromadorea > Ascaridida > Ascaridoidea > Toxocara

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Toxocara  

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  • a genus of nematodes common in cat & dog intestine but TOXOCARA CANIS is available; do not confuse with TOXASCARIS, also a nematode genus; infection = TOXOCARIASIS (not to be confused with TOXASCARIASIS); for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH

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  • A genus of ascarid nematodes commonly parasitic in the intestines of cats and dogs.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014119

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