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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Nematoda > Chromadorea > Strongylida > Trichostrongyloidea > Haemonchus

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Haemonchus  

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Entry terms

  • Hemonchus

Note

  • infection = HAEMONCHIASIS; coordinate with specific helminth terms (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc) if pertinent

Scope note

  • A genus of parasitic nematode worms which infest the duodenum and stomach of domestic and wild herbivores, which ingest it with the grasses (POACEAE) they eat. Infestation of man is accidental.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA 1975-90

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