Angiostrongylus vasorum

Angiostrongylus vasorum
"Angiostrongylus vasorum" (male) from canine blood sample.
Angiostrongylus vasorum (male) from canine blood sample.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Angiostrongylidae
Genus: Angiostrongylus
Species:
A. vasorum
Binomial name
Angiostrongylus vasorum
(Baillet, 1866)[1] (Kamensky, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Angiocaulus raillieti
  • Angiostrongylus raillieti

Angiostrongylus vasorum, also known as French heartworm, is a species of parasitic nematode in the family Metastrongylidae. It causes the disease canine angiostrongylosis in dogs. It is not zoonotic, that is, it cannot be transmitted to humans.

Not much is known about the biology of this species.[2]

  1. ^ Baillet, C. (1866). Histoire naturelle des helminthes des principaux mammifères domestiques. Paris: P. Asselin. pp. 69–70. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Morgan2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).