IFAS Extension
Rat Lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1935) (Nematoda: Strongylida: Metastrongylida)
John L. Capinera and Heather S. Walden
Release Date: 8/3/2025
Agriculture
Abstract
About this Publication
This document is EENY570, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date September 2013. Revised November 2016, August 2017, February 2021, and December 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
About the Authors
John L. Capinera, professor emeritus, Department of Entomology and Nematology; and Heather S. Walden, research assistant professor, VM—Infectious Diseases and Pathology; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.
Authors
professor emeritus (deceased) of integrated pest management and former department chairman, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology
associate professor, parasitology, Department of Comparative, Diagnostic & Population Medicine, UF College of Veterinary Medicine
Contacts
biological scientist III, Department of Entomology and Nematology