- the name of the
genus was in
contention (with the
possibility of
being Dioctophyma) for two
hundred years. The
issue was
finally resolved by the International...
-
Dioctophyme renale. Much
older literature uses the
alternative spelling "
Dioctophyma" and the
family name "Dioctophymatidae" but
these alternative spellings...
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Mesocestoides lineatus,
Ancylostoma caninum,
Uncinaria stenocephala,
Dioctophyma renale,
Toxocara canis,
Toxascaris leonina,
Dracunculus medinensis, Filariata...
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intestinal irritation, bloating, vomiting, and diarrhea.
Wolves may
catch Dioctophyma renale from minks,
which infects the kidneys, and can grow to lengths...
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serological detection. The
giant kidney worm (Dioctophyme renale; syn.
Dioctophyma renale) is the
largest known parasitic nematode and can
infest the kidney...
- cats and thus
relatively unreliable.
Infection with the
kidney worm
dioctophyma renale is only
found in
southern Europe, Asia and
North America and is...
