Haemonchus contortus
Sign in to savevery common parasite of ruminants that attatch to the abomasal mucosa and feed on the blood
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumNematoda
- ClassChromadorea
- OrderRhabditida
- FamilyTrichostrongylidae
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Haemonchus
- Image
- CSIRO ScienceImage 10819 The tail ends of 11 Haemonchus contortus barbers pole worm adult females The worms are all taken from one sheep infected with a single strain of this worm species.jpg
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