Co-Occurrence of Domestic Dogs and Gastropod Molluscs in Public Dog-Walking Spaces and Implications for Infection with Angiostrongylus vasorum : A Preliminary Study

• Published in: Animals
• Main Authors: Bryony A. Tolhurst, Andrew D. J. Overall, Peter J. King, Eric R. Morgan, Rowenna J. Baker
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: slug; snail; gastropod mollusc; Angiostronglyus vasorum; domestic dog; Canis lupus familiaris; Veterinary medicine; SF600-1100; Zoology; QL1-991; Cornu; Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11092577; https://doaj.org/article/ad0778452e57477eb789652c097e580c

Angiostrongylus vasorum is a helminth parasite of domestic dogs that is increasing in range and prevalence. Its lifecycle requires terrestrial gastropod mollusc (“gastropod”) intermediate hosts, but research is lacking regarding contact risk in situ. We studied co-occurrence between dogs and gastrop...