Filaroides hirthi: experimental transmission among beagle dogs through ingestion of first-stage larvae.
Four beagle dogs were found to be infected with sexually mature Filaroides hirthi lungworms from 1 to 3 months after they ingested material containing first-stage larvae opens the theoretical possibility of autoinfection of which few nematode parasites are capable.
D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D004285:Dogs; D005368:Filariasis / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D005370:Filarioidea / Q000254:growth & development; D007814:Larva; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology