Transplacental / Transmammary transmission

TRANSPLACENTAL/TRANSMAMMARY TRANSMISSION

  • Transplacental or prenatal infection refers to transmission from mother to foetus across the placenta as in Toxocara canis and transcolostral or transmammary transmission refers to transmission from infected dams to nursing offspring via colostrum or milk as in Toxocara vitulorum or Toxocara cati.
    transcolostral
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