| gallus gallus domesticus: paratenic host of angiostrongylus vasorum. | angiostrongylus vasorum, a parasite of the cardiorespiratory system in canids, has a heteroxenous biological cycle in which the intermediate hosts are terrestrial and aquatic mollusks. generally, canids become infected by ingesting the intermediate host or paratenic hosts, such as amphibians, that contain infective larvae (l3). however, there are no reports of birds as paratenic hosts of a. vasorum. to evaluate the susceptibility and viability of gallus gallus domesticus as a paratenic host of a ... | 2015 | 25468671 |