Trichostrongylus

Trichostrongylus /Tricho·stron·gy·lus/ (-stron´jĭ-lus) a genus of nematodes parasitic in animals and humans.

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Trichostrongylus

[trik′ōstron′jiləs]

Etymology: Gk, thrix + strongylos

a genus of roundworm, some species of which are parasitic to humans, such as T. orientalis. See also trichostrongyliasis.

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Trichostrongylus

a genus of nematode parasites belonging to the family Trichostrongylidae, which infects animals and humans.

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Trichostrongylus affinis

found in the small intestine of rabbits, occasionally in sheep.

Trichostrongylus axei

found in the abomasum of cattle, sheep, goats, deer, antelope and in the stomach of pigs, horses, donkeys and rarely humans.

Trichostrongylus capricola

found in the small intestine of sheep and goats.

Trichostrongylus colubriformis

found in the small intestine, sometimes abomasum also, in cattle, sheep, goat, antelope, camel. Also recorded in pig, human, dog and rabbit.

Trichostrongylus drepanoformis

found in the small intestine of sheep.

Trichostrongylus falculatus

found in the small intestine of sheep, goat and antelopes.

Trichostrongylus hamatus

found in the intestine of sheep and steinbok.

Trichostrongylus longispicularis

found in sheep and cattle.

Trichostrongylus orientalis

found in the small intestine of humans and rarely sheep.

Trichostrongylus probolurus

found in the small intestine of sheep, goats, camels and rarely humans.

Trichostrongylus retortaeformis

found in the small intestines of rabbits, hares.

Trichostrongylus rugatus

found in the small intestines of sheep and goats.

Trichostrongylus skrjabini

found in sheep, moufflon, roe deer.

Trichostrongylus tenuis

found in the small intestine and ceca of domestic and wild birds.

Trichostrongylus vitrinus

found in the small intestine of sheep, goats, deer, and occasionally in pigs, rabbits, camels and humans.