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Strongylus vulgaris (large strongyles), [1] commonly known as the blood worm, [2] is a common horse parasite in the phylum Nematoda. It looks like a long worm with a large biting mouth. They are usually reddish in color because of all the blood they take from the equine host. [1]
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Strongylus is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Strongylidae. [1] The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. [1] Species: [1] Strongylus edentatus (Looss, 1900) Strongylus equinus Müller, 1780; Strongylus vulgaris (Looss, 1900)
Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a parasitic nematode that causes Angiostrongyliasis and the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis; Eisenia fetida, an earthworm adapted to decaying organic material; Lumbriculus variegatus, more commonly called blackworm; Strongylus vulgaris, a common horse parasite
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a nematode (roundworm) parasite that causes angiostrongyliasis, an infection that is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Basin. [3] The nematode commonly resides in the pulmonary arteries of rats, giving it the common name rat lungworm. [4]
Moxidectin was approved for onchocerciasis (river-blindness) in 2018 for people over the age of 11 in the United States based on two studies. [5] There is a need for additional trials, with long-term follow-up, to assess whether moxidectin is safe and effective for treatment of nematode infection in children and women of childbearing potential. [6]
Strongyloides stercoralis is a human pathogenic parasitic roundworm causing the disease strongyloidiasis.Its common name in the US is threadworm.In the UK and Australia, however, the term threadworm can also refer to nematodes of the genus Enterobius, otherwise known as pinworms.
Strongylus may refer to: Strongylus, a genus of nematodes in the family Strongylidae; Strongylus Herbst, 1792, a genus of beetles in the family Nitidulidae, synonym ...