Name
Greek: thrix, trichos = fine hair; strongylos = rounded; nema = filament, thread; oncos = hook; phorein = carry. Latin: contortus = coiled; circum = around; cinctus = with a belt; tela = tissue; custus = shortened; colubriformis = snake-like; filicollis = with a tiny neck; helvetianus = from Swiss; dorsum = back.
Robert von Ostertag and C.F. Cooper = helminthologists.
Geographic Distributions/Epidemiology
The here-included nematodes occur worldwide in practically all plant-feeding vertebrates except for fish. They live – depending on the species – in the stomach (abomasum) and/or in the small intestine often in huge numbers, which may induce local epidemics.
Morphology/Life Cycle
Species in Ruminants
The different species of the trichostrongylids live in the abomasum or in the small intestine of their hosts (Fig. 1; Table 1). Since the clinical symptoms and the morphological appearance of the different species are not species specific, the different species are not separately...
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Further Reading
Barrère V et al (2014) Novel assay for the detection and monitoring of levamisole resistance in Haemonchus contortus. Int J Parasitol. doi:10.1016/j.ipara.2013.12.004
Makovcova K et al (2008) Linear distribution of nematodes in the gastrointestinal tract of tracer lambs. Parasitol Res 104:123–126
Massoni J et al (2011) Development of Graphidium strigosum. Parasitol Res 109:25–36
Nosal P et al (1998) Effect of time on migration of Oesophagostomum spp. and Hyostrongylus rubidus out of agar-gel. Parasitol Res 84:328–3322
Phosuk I et al (2013) Short report: molecular evidence of Trichostrongylus colubriformis and T. axei infections in humans in Thailand and Lao PDR. Am J Trop Med Hyg 89:376–379
Purdy D et al (2012) Comparison of single and split dose flubendazole treatment for the nematode Trichostrongylus tenuis. Parasitology 138:1780–1783
Senlik B et al (2011) Helmint infections of wild boars (Sus scrofa) in the Bursa province of Turkey. J Helminthol 85:404–408
Szkucik K et al (2014) Occurrence of gastrointestinal parasites in slaughter rabbits. Parasitol Res 113:58–64
Tan TK et al (2014) Co-infection of Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus spp. in Malaysia. BMC Vet Res 10:38–45
Van Wyk JA, Mayhew E (2013) Morphological identification of parasite nematode infective larvae of small ruminants and cattle. Onderstepoort J Vet Res 80: Art #539
Werne S et al (2013) Integrated control of gastrointestinal nematodes in lambs using a bioactive feed x breed approach. Vet Parasitol 198:298–304
Zhao GH et al (2013) Molecular approaches to differentiate three species of Nematodirus in sheep and goats from China. J Helminthol. doi:10.1017/S0022149x13000825
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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Trichostrongylidae. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_3263-2
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