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ascarid

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ascarid [′as·kə·rəd]
(invertebrate zoology)
The common name for any roundworm belonging to the superfamily Ascaridoidea.


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procyonis are similar to those of other ascarid parasites of carnivores such as the common canine roundworm, Toxocara canis (1-3).
Ascarid worms infect as many as 25% of the world's population (more than 1.
Fatal eosinophilic meningoencephalitis and visceral larva migrans caused by the raccoon ascarid Baylisascaris procyonis.
 
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