A look into the Microscope

[655321]

Well I don't know about blue tongues, but humans can get (rather easily) the same pinworms dogs and cats get.

[Bird_Brain]

Well I don't know about blue tongues, but humans can get (rather easily) the same pinworms dogs and cats get.

Actually that is incorrect as dogs and cats are NOT susceptible to pinworms. Now a pinworm is a nematode, which is also the considered a roundworm, which dogs and cats can get. So that might be causing some confusion, but even with that, roundworms are still very species-specific.

[ssr]

Great thread. I'm learning alot.

[critterguy]

Reptile pinworms are not the same species of pinworm we get then correct? Would need a very different physiology I'd bet to survive in a reptile

[Bird_Brain]

Reptile pinworms are not the same species of pinworm we get then correct? Would need a very different physiology I'd bet to survive in a reptile

You are correct. From my understanding the pinworms that affect/effect (Lobo where are you to correct my english!) humans are the Enterobius vermicularis pinworms and the ones to affect/effect reptiles are Oxyurus sp. There may also be other genus that reptiles can get in which I am unaware of.

[655321]

Hm...you're right they are spread through human-human contact. Actually the word pinworm is rather confusing, depending on where you are there are a lot of different parasites called pinworms. S. canis is a type of pinworm/threadworm dogs can get.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterobius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strongyloides#Life_cycle

[Bird_Brain]

Hm...you're right they are spread through human-human contact. Actually the word pinworm is rather confusing, depending on where you are there are a lot of different parasites called pinworms. S. canis is a type of pinworm/threadworm dogs can get.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterobius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strongyloides#Life_cycle

I think there is some "language barrier" (the US calls one one thing, while Europe calls them another). However, one thing to consider is that all of these are Nematodes (which are also called roundworms). Within this group you will have, roundworms, hookworms, pinworms, stongyloides, capillaria, and others. When talking about "roundworms" you could be talking about the species of roundworms, or the group of roundworms (Nematodes).

[El Lobo]

From my understanding the pinworms that affect/effect (Lobo where are you to correct my english!)

I thought it was Fatal's job.

However, affect is usually a noun whilst effect is usually a verb.

All explained here:

http://www.learnenglish.de/mistakes/affectvseffect.htm

There may also be other genus that reptiles can get in which I am unaware of.

In the above sentence if we shuffle 'of' in front of 'which', to read 'of which I am unaware' then we don't end our sentence with a preposition.

Thank you for this thread though, it is very interesting.

[Bird_Brain]

Thanks Lobo. I know you said ending a sentence with a prep phase was one of your biggest pet peeves. That was the only reason i did it.