Ancylostoma tubaeforme
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Ancylostoma tubaeforme is a hookworm that is relatively commonin cats . As a parasite, it colonizes the intestines of animals. The cat hookworm is also pathogenic for humans; it canpenetrateas larva migrans cutanea through the skin when walking barefoot on floors contaminated with cat excrement.
Adult males are 0.9 to 1.2 cm long, females 1.5 to 1.5 cm long. The thin-shelled, medium-sized eggs are about 56–65 × 37–43 µm in size and have four to 16 furrow stages when laid. The larvae hatch after about five to eight days. The prepatency period is 18 to 35 days.
Infection in cats occurs through oral ingestion of the infectious larvae or larvae-infected transport hosts such as rodents or through penetration of the larvae through the skin (percutaneously). A stronger infestation with the parasite causes anemia in cats with faster fatigue and emaciation.
The control of adult worms is carried out with active ingredients ( deworming ) that are effective against roundworms , such as emodepside , febantel , fenbendazole or flubendazole .
literature
Thomas Schnieder (Ed.): Veterinary Parasitology. Paul Parey, 2006, ISBN 3-8304-4135-5