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Hookworms (Ancylostoma spp.) may cause cutaneous larva migrans in people.

Note that roundworms (Toxocara spp., Toxasacaris spp., Baylisascaris spp.) are also zoonotic, causing visceral and ocular larva migrans in people.

In dogs, whipworms, Trichuris spp. are associated with a hypoadrenocorticism-like syndrome (hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, azotemia, metabolic acidosis).

Whipworm infection has been suggested as one cause of cecocolic intussusception.

Habronema spp. in horses can cause tumorlike stomach nodules and sometimes cutaneous lesions.

Trichostrongylus spp. cause parasitic gastritis and enteritis in sheep, goats, and cattle.