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  2. Nematomorpha - Wikipedia

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    Nematomorpha (sometimes called Gordiacea, and commonly known as horsehair worms, hairsnakes, [1][2][3] or Gordian worms) are a phylum of parasitoid animals superficially similar to nematode worms in morphology, hence the name. Most species range in size from 50 to 100 millimetres (2.0 to 3.9 in), reaching 2 metres (79 in) in extreme cases, and ...

  3. Parascaris equorum - Wikipedia

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    Parascaris equorum. Parascaris equorum is a species of ascarid that is the equine roundworm. Amongst horse owners, the parasites are colloquially called "Ascarids". This is a host-specific helminth intestinal parasite that can infect horses, donkeys, and zebras. Horses up to six months of age are the most susceptible to infection.

  4. Gordius (worm) - Wikipedia

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    Gordius (worm) Gordius. (worm) Gordius is a genus of worms in the phylum Nematomorpha, the horsehair worms. It was formerly treated as the only genus in the family Gordiidae, but the genus Acutogordius is now considered as distinct. [1] The genus is distributed worldwide except for Antarctica, where no Nematomorpha have been recorded. [2]

  5. Strongylus vulgaris - Wikipedia

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    S. vulgaris. Binomial name. Strongylus vulgaris. (Looss 1900) 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]

  6. Halicephalobus gingivalis - Wikipedia

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    Halicephalobus gingivalis is a free-living saprophagous nematode species identified and named in 1954 by Stefanski. It is a facultative parasite of horses, invading the nasal cavity, and sometimes numerous other areas, where it produces granulomatous masses. On rare occasion, it can infect humans as well, in whom it is invariably fatal.

  7. List of parasitic organisms - Wikipedia

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    These can be categorized into three groups; cestodes, nematodes and trematodes.Examples include: Acanthocephala; Ascariasis (roundworms); Cestoda (tapeworms) including: Taenia saginata (human beef tapeworm), Taenia solium (human pork tapeworm), Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm) and Echinococcosis (hydatid tapeworm)

  8. Ascaris - Wikipedia

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    Ascaris lumbricoides Linn., 1758. Ascaris suum (Goeze, 1782) Ascaris is a nematode genus of parasitic worms known as the "small intestinal roundworms". [1] One species, Ascaris lumbricoides, affects humans and causes the disease ascariasis. Another species, Ascaris suum, typically infects pigs.

  9. Habronema muscae - Wikipedia

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    Species: H. muscae. Binomial name. Habronema muscae. Carter, 1861. Habronema muscae is an internal stomach parasite that is most commonly found in horses. It is the most common cause of cutaneous ulcerative granulomas in the horse. It is in genus Habronema.

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