There are many species of roundworms, and two of them cause disease in cats — Toxicaris leonina and Toxocara cati. These worms are 3 to 5 inches long and live in your cat's intestine ...

The researchers did note some differences to lipid profiles between animals infected with Toxocara canis and those infected with T. cati. "Results contribute to a further understanding of the ...

Ocular toxocariasis, though rare, causes blindness in seven out of 10 of those affected by it, typically children, according to a national survey conducted by the CDC. The agency identified 68 ...

Toxocara canis (T. cani), which infests dogs, is more commonly implicated than Toxocara cati (T. cati) because dogs deposit their feces in a more indiscriminate manner. Toxocara is a common ...

and Toxocara cati, a roundworm in cats, is higher in individuals with epilepsy than among controls, results of a systematic review and meta-analysis suggest. Graziella Quattrocchi, MD, University ...

Toxocara larvae, mostly of the species T. canis and T. cati, can infest human hosts to cause various clinical manifestations.These include visceral and ocular larva migrans. Ocular larva migrans ...

The disease is caused by Toxocara canis and T. cati, which live within the intestines of dogs and cats. Most human patients are children between the ages of two and four years, who become infected ...

University of Melbourne parasitologist Vito Colella said there was an increased risk of exposure to Toxocara roundworms after recent warm and wet weather. Dogs could contract toxocariasis over the ...

The researchers did note some differences to lipid profiles between animals infected with Toxocara canis and those infected with T. cati. "Results contribute to a further understanding of the ...