Incubation Period
The life-cycle of Oesophagostomum can usually be completed in less than 60 days. When the eggs are passed into the feces to the outside environment, they hatch into stage one larve. The stage two larve then molt twice, developing into infective stage three larva in 6–7 days. These stage three larvae can survive extended periods of desiccation by shrinking within their sheaths.
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