Sentences with phrase «roundworm called»

They have their own roundworm called Toxocara canis.

And as they go through your yard, or look through your garbage, they are defecating, and they have a roundworm called Baylisascaris procyonis, and if the rabbit picks that up from the ground, and grooms it off his feet, it's lethal.

Heartworm disease Feline heartworm disease is caused by a type of roundworm called Dirofilaria immitis and is transmitted by mosquitoes.

A group of scientists have used a tiny roundworm called C. elegans to discover the mechanisms involved when multicellular organisms die, particularly as a result of old age.

We might think that a chimpanzee is exercising free will when it chooses to chomp on a banana, or a cat when it rips up your sofa, but what about the roundworm called Caenorhabditis elegans — a simple creature made of only 959 cells?

When Oliveira and colleagues looked at the leaves under an electron microscope, they noticed tiny roundworms called nematodes sitting on the leaves (inset image).

Not exact matches

About half the world's population (over 3 billion people) are in infected with at least one of the three worms forming what Columbia University parasitologist Dickson Despommier calls the «unholy trinity» — large roundworm, hookworm and whipworm.

The culprit in Guinea worm disease is a roundworm parasite called Dracunculus medinensis, whose larvae dwell in microscopic water fleas.

Han and Brunet set out to examine the effect of blocking the activity of a complex of proteins called COMPASS on the metabolism of laboratory roundworms.

Experiments with mice, fruit flies, yeast cells, and tiny worms called nematodes, or roundworms, have pointed to environmental modifications that can extend life span dramatically.

In a new study published Friday in the journal Science, a team of researchers has shown that such «epigenetic» memories can be passed down for 14 generations in a tiny nematode worm species called Caenorhabditis elegans (roundworms).

In a new study published Friday in the journal Science, a team of researchers has shown that such «epigenetic» memories can be passed down for 14 generations in a tiny nematode worm species called Caenorhabditis elegans (roundworm).

Roundworms, sometimes called ascarids, pass moderate numbers of microscopic eggs which are found in the cat's stool.

Roundworms are also known as ascarids and the disease they cause is called ascariasis.

You may be wondering why roundworms (also called Nematodes) are so common in puppies, and what causes them.

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Worse, when in people, these roundworms can get lost and leave the intestine (this is called «visceral larval migrans») in which the worms can go to the eye or brain causing permanent damage.

Roundworm infection is called «ascariasis» and generally does not produce symptoms in adult cats.

The heartworm Dirofilaria immitis belongs to a group of parasites called filarids and is a type of roundworm.

There are other types of worms, called hookworms and roundworms that can also infect people, usually children.

On occasion, false positives can occur, particularly if other parasites (roundworms, etc.) are present or there is another nonpathogenic heartworm present called dipetalonema reconditum.

Dog Roundworms (also called nematodes) are 3 to 5 inches long and live in your dog's intestines.

Roundworms, also called ascarids, are the most common internal parasites of dogs.

The most common intestinal worms cats get are called roundworms and tapeworms.

The other big concern with raccoons is that they can be carriers of an intestinal parasite called baylisascaris, which is a roundworm that can not only affect dogs but humans as well.

The heartworm, sometimes called dog heartworm, is a type of roundworm that is spread by mosquitos.