Parasite guidelines

108 CAPC parasite guidelines for dogs and cats, one page each, quoting the opening of every section word for word and linking to the guideline.

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This section covers 108 parasites and parasitic diseases of dogs and cats, one page each. Every page quotes the Companion Animal Parasite Council guideline for that parasite section by section, copying the opening sentences without change and linking to the full guideline, which remains the authority.

What is in this section

One page per CAPC guideline. Each page takes the guideline’s own section headings, synopsis, species, life cycle, disease, prevalence, diagnosis, treatment, control and prevention, and public health, and quotes how each section begins, word for word, with a link to the rest of that section on capcvet.org. Nothing is summarised or reworded, and no page adds a sentence of its own about the parasite.

Where it comes from

The Companion Animal Parasite Council publishes a guideline for each parasite of dogs and cats, maintained by its board of parasitologists and clinicians. Each guideline was fetched, stored with a hash of its bytes and the retrieval date, and excerpted by a script that keeps at most seventy words per section. A check reads every excerpt back against the stored document. The guidelines are CAPC’s copyright: this section quotes and links, it does not reprint.

The parasites

Alphabetical by the guideline's own title. Some parasites appear under both a species name and a disease name, as CAPC lists them.

Acanthocheilonema reconditum

7 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, diagnosis and more

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Aelurostrongylus abstrusus

7 sections quoted: synopsis, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Alaria

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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American Canine Hepatozoonosis

6 sections quoted: synopsis, disease, diagnosis, treatment and more

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American Canine Hepatozoonosis

6 sections quoted: synopsis, disease, diagnosis, treatment and more

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Angiostrongylus cantonensis

7 sections quoted: synopsis, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Angiostrongylus vasorum

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Ascarid

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Ascarid

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Ascarid

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Babesia spp.

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Baylisascaris procyonis

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Baylisascaris procyonis

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Bed Bugs

6 sections quoted: synopsis, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Cestodes

5 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Coccidia

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Coccidia

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Cochliomyia hominivorax

6 sections quoted: synopsis, species, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Cochliomyia hominivorax

6 sections quoted: synopsis, species, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Crenosoma vulpis

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Cryptosporidium

7 sections quoted: synopsis, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Cuterebriasis

7 sections quoted: synopsis, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Cuterebriasis

7 sections quoted: synopsis, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Cytauxzoonosis

6 sections quoted: disease, prevalence, diagnosis, treatment and more

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Cytauxzoonosis

6 sections quoted: disease, prevalence, diagnosis, treatment and more

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Demodex spp.

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Demodex spp.

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Dermacentor spp.

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Diphyllobothrium spp.

6 sections quoted: disease, prevalence, diagnosis, treatment and more

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Diphyllobothrium spp.

6 sections quoted: disease, prevalence, diagnosis, treatment and more

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Dipylidium caninum

6 sections quoted: disease, prevalence, diagnosis, treatment and more

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Dracunculus insignis

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Echinococcus spp

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Echinococcus spp

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Ehrlichia spp. and Anaplasma spp.

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Eucoleus aerophilus

7 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Eucoleus boehmi

7 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Filaroides hirthi

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Filaroides osleri

6 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, diagnosis and more

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Flea-borne Rickettsiosis

7 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, diagnosis and more

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Flea-borne Rickettsiosis

7 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, diagnosis and more

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Flea-borne Rickettsiosis

7 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, diagnosis and more

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Flea-borne Rickettsiosis

7 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, diagnosis and more

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Fleas

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Giardia

7 sections quoted: synopsis, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Hairclasping Mite

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Hairclasping Mite

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Hairclasping Mite

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Hairclasping Mite

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Heartworm

8 sections quoted: synopsis, life cycle and stages, disease, prevalence and more

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Heartworm

8 sections quoted: synopsis, life cycle and stages, disease, prevalence and more

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Hookworms

8 sections quoted: synopsis, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Hookworms

8 sections quoted: synopsis, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Leishmaniasis

7 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, diagnosis and more

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Lice

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Lice

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Lice

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Lice

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Lyme Disease

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Lyme Disease

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Macracanthorhynchus spp.

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Macracanthorhynchus spp.

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Mesocestoides

7 sections quoted: synopsis, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Mosquitoes

6 sections quoted: synopsis, species, prevalence, disease and more

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Nasal Mites

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Nasal Mites

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Neosporosis

6 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Neosporosis

6 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Notoedric Mite

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Notoedric Mite

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Notoedric Mite

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Ollulanus tricuspis

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Ollulanus tricuspis

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Onchocerca lupi

6 sections quoted: synopsis, disease, diagnosis, treatment and more

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Otodectic Mite

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Otodectic Mite

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Otodectic Mite

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Otodectic Mite

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Physaloptera spp.

7 sections quoted: synopsis, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Physaloptera spp.

7 sections quoted: synopsis, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Platynosomum fastosum

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

5 sections quoted: disease, diagnosis, treatment, control and prevention and more

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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

5 sections quoted: disease, diagnosis, treatment, control and prevention and more

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Sarcoptic Mite

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Sarcoptic Mite

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Sarcoptic Mite

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Schistosomiasis

7 sections quoted: synopsis, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Schistosomiasis

7 sections quoted: synopsis, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Spirometra spp.

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Strongyloidiasis

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Taenia spp.

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Ticks

7 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, diagnosis and more

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Ticks

7 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, diagnosis and more

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Ticks

7 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, diagnosis and more

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Ticks

7 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, diagnosis and more

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Toxoplasma gondii

7 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Toxoplasma gondii

7 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Trematodes

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Trematodes

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Trichuris vulpis

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Trichuris vulpis

8 sections quoted: synopsis, species, disease, prevalence and more

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Tritrichomonas blagburni

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Trypanosomiasis

5 sections quoted: disease, diagnosis, treatment, control and prevention and more

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Trypanosomiasis

5 sections quoted: disease, diagnosis, treatment, control and prevention and more

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Urinary Tract Nematodes

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Urinary Tract Nematodes

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

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Urinary Tract Nematodes

7 sections quoted: species, disease, prevalence, diagnosis and more

CAPC