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you find a stray dog and take it to the vet for a check-up. the vet tells you that the dog has heartworms. these heartworms have a pseudocoelom, an alimentary canal, and an outer covering that is occasionally shed. which group does this type of worm belong to?

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The group to which the heartworms of dogs belong to is known as Nematoda, which suggests that option A is the right answer.

Heartworms belongs to phylum Nematoda, which are filarial parasites. Heartworm disease is caused by a parasite called Dirofilarial immitis, better known as heartworm. Melarsomine dihydrochloride is an arsenic containing drug which is predominantly FDA approved to kill adult heartworms in dogs. Heartworms in dogs can be very fatal as pets may develop heart failure or the appearance of a swollen belly due to excess fluid in the abdomen. Heartworm is caused due to mosquitoes which transfers the larvae of the worms into the blood stream of the dogs, where it grows in cells near the heart.

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The heartworms that can accumulate within the hearts of dogs and other mammals have a pseudocoelom, an alimentary canal, and an outer covering that is occasionally shed. to which phylum does the heartworm belong? the heartworms that can accumulate within the hearts of dogs and other mammals have a pseudo coelom, an alimentary canal, and an outer covering that is occasionally shed. to which phylum does the heartworm belong?

  1. nematoda
  2. platyhelminthes
  3. annelida
  4. arthropoda