Rat Lungworm Found Throughout Florida (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Rat Lungworm Found Throughout Florida (2 of 2)

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This rat lungworm larvae has reached the infective stage inside its snail host. When a rat eats the snail, it becomes infected with the parasite, which matures and reproduces inside the rat's pulmonary artery.

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Photo: Heather Stockdale Walden

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