General Nematode Questions Flashcards
1
Q
What are the most common / most important cattle nematodes in the UK that contribute to bovine PGE?
A
- Ostertagia ostertagi
- Cooperia oncophora
- Trichostrongylus axei
- Nematodirus helvetianus / battus
- Trichostrongylus colubriformis
- Oesophagostomum radiatum
- Trichuris globulosa
(major, less important, very minor)
2
Q
What is the only Trichostrongyle egg that can be accurately ID’d and differentiated from the others in this superfamily?
A
- Nematodirus - much larger than the others
3
Q
How can Trichuris eggs be differentiated from other cattle parasite eggs?
A
- Bipolar plugs (whipworm)
