What is "toxocaridae"

The Toxocaridae are a zoonotic family of parasitic nematodes that infect canids and felids and which cause toxocariasis in humans ( visceral larva migrans and ocular larva migrans). The worms are unable to reproduce in humans.

Four important species include:

• Toxocara canis, which infects dogs.
• Toxocara cati, which infects cats and lacks intermediate hosts.
• Toxascaris leonina, which infects mostly cats, but also dogs.
• Toxocara vitulorum, which infects buffalo and cattle.