Associate Professor of Parasitology Louisiana State University
The talk will discuss the current known prevalence of multiple anthelmintic drug resistance in Ancylostoma caninum, one of the canine hookworms, its putative origins, the drug classes affected, its diagnosis, and potential options for treatment, including the use of emodepside. There will be a shorter discussion around praziquantel resistance in the flea tapeworm, Dipylidium caninum.