Nematode (redirected from Antinematodals)

nematode /nem·a·tode/ (nem´ah-tod) a roundworm; any individual of the class Nematoda.

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nem·a·tode (nm-td)

n.

A parasitic worm of the class Nematoda. Also called roundworm.

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Nematode

A type of roundworm with a long, unsegmented body, usually parasitic on animals or plants.

Mentioned in: Antihelminthic Drugs, Filariasis, Roundworm Infections, Trichinosis

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nematode

a roundworm; any individual organism of the class Nematoda. Parasitism with any of the worms in this group represents a significant proportion of the diseases of animals. Includes: Ancylostoma, Ascaris, Capillaris, Dictyocaulus, Dioctophyma, Dirofilaria, Habronema, Haemonchus, Metastrongylus, Muellerius, Onchocerca, Ostertagia, Oxyuris, Parafilaria, Parascaris, Protostrongylus, Rhabditis, Skrjabinema, Spirocerca, Strongyloides, Strongylus, Syngamus, Thelazia, Trichuris, Toxocara, Trichinella, Trichostrongylus.

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nematode galls

hard, fibrous excrescences produced in the seedheads of grasses by chronic inflammation created by an invasion by larvae of grass seed nematodes, e.g. Anguina spp.

grass-seed nematode

the grass seed nematode Anguina lolii infests Wimmera ryegrass and causes a fatal poisoning in animals eating the grass. Called also A. fenesta, A. agrostis. See also loliumrigidum.