Ancylostoma+duodenale


 * __Ancylostoma duodenale: Old World hookworm__**
 * **Class**: Secernentea
 * **Size**: male- 8 to 11 mm, female- 10 to 13 mm
 * **Habitat**: eggs- feces, juveniles- feed off blood vessels of host, adults- feed off blood from intestines of host
 * **Location**: tropical and subtropical regions, Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, Southern Americas
 * **Life Cycle**: eggs passed into feces of host, embryo develops in feces, rhabditiform juvenile hatches, infective juvenile develops after two molts, filiform juveniles penetrate skin of host, migrate through circulatory system until they reach lungs, migrate to small intestines, adult worms develop in small intestines where they mate and produce eggs to be passed into feces and start cycle again
 * **Living Requirements**: needs a host throughout life cycle
 * **Male and Female**: difference in size, reproduce sexually
 * **Interesting Facts**: female can between 10000 and 30000 eggs a day during its adult life, mainly infects humans, infects canids and felids sometimes until reaching human host
 * **Human Impact**: estimated 1.28 billion people infected, causes malnutrition from protein and iron deficiency, stunted growth and below average intelligence in developing children, lowered antibody response to infectious agents, anemia, and death



http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Ancylostoma_duodenale.html http://www.wellspringdaily.com/2007/09/ http://www.nematode.net/NN3_frontpage.cgi?navbar_selection=speciestable&subnav_selection=Ancylostoma_duodenale
 * Zookeeper: Tori Lopez**
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