Signs and symptoms expected to be observed together with A. caninum eggs in the faeces are lethargy, weight loss, weakness, roughness of the hair coat and pale mucous membranes indicative of anemia [REF].
The disease resulting from such A. caninum infection is referred to by the general term hookworm disease or the more specific ancylostomiasis and ancylostomosis[REF] diagnoses which recognise the genus of the causative nematode [REF].