Toxocara

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  Classification Biology and Ecology
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Distribution Management
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Classification

Class:    Chromadorea
SubClass: Spiruria
Order:   Ascaridida
Superfamily: Ascaridoidea
Family:  Ascarididae

                          Toxocara Stiles, 1905

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Morphology and Anatomy:


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Distribution

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Economic Importance:

 

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Hosts:

Human

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Feeding

Intestinal mucosa

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Life Cycle

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Damage:

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Management:

 

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References:

Sprent, J.F.A. 1968. Notes on Ascaris and Toxascaris, with a definition of Baylisascaris gen.nov. Parasitology 58:185-198.

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