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Nematodes 1 Flashcards

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sexual dimorphism

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males are smaller and have an accessory copulatory structure

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digestive tract

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from mouth and buccal cavity through oesophagus and intestine to anus or cloaca

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cell layers of intestine

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single layer of cells

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female organs

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paired ovaries
oviduct
paired uteri
vagina opening by vulva

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male organs

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testis
vas deferens
ejaculatory duct
cloaca
accessory genitals
weak developed caudal cuticular alae
well developed copulatory bursa

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6
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what larval stage is infective

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L3

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7
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life cycle

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either direct or indirect

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8
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another name for strongyloidosis

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dwarf worms

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causes of strongyloidosis

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strongyloides ransomi
s. papillosus
s. westeri
s. stercoralis

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10
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morphology of strongyloides

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2-8mm long
slender
white
genital pore at the middle of the female

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predilection sites of strongyloides

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prox third part of small intestine
- extraintestinal migration

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homogonic development

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parasitic cycle with unfavourable external conditions
in young animals
Egg –> L1 –> L2, L3 —> infection —> parasitic adult

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13
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what is autoinfection

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L3 wont be shed and immediately infects the host

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life cycle of strongyloidosis

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direct

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heterogonic development

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a parasitic cycle and free libing reproductive cycles in favourable external conditions
older animals
Egg –> L1, L2, L3 –> free living in males and females —> egg –> L1, L2, L3 –> parasitic adult

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s. ransomi host

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pig

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17
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s. papillosus host

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ruminant
rabbit

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s. westeri host

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horse
donkey

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s. stercoralis host

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dog
fox
cat
man

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20
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clinical signs of strongyloides in 2-4 weeks old piglets =

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bloody diarrhoea, anaemia, emaciation, exsiccosis

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clinical signs of strongyloides 1-3month old calf =

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coughing, dysponea, fever, anorexia, diarrhoea, anaemia

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faecal examination of strongyloides

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flotation

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23
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eggs of strongyloides

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ellipsoidal
thin shelled
very small
40-50 um
containing a morula or L1

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s. ransomi infection

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larval development arrested for a long time therefore mmigrate to the mammary gland and infection is via colostrum and lactogenic

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s. papillosus infection

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percutan

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s. westeri infection

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colostal & lactogenic infection

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s. stercoralis infection

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autoinfection and percutan via rectum

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28
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necroscopy of strongyloides

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in mucosa or the mucosal scrapings taken from the mucosa of the small intestine - 1m from pylorus

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autoinfection of strongyloides

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when L3 wont be shed and it will immediately infect the host

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30
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causes of strongylidosis

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adults of large and small strongyles

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31
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small strongyles

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cyathostomum
triodontophorus
cylicocyclus

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32
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large strongyles

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stryongylus vulgaris
s. equinus
s. edentates
s. asini

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33
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large strongyles morphology

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2.5-5cm long
greyish red
developed large buccal capsule in its base
tooth like projections

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34
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number of tooth like projections in s. vulgaris

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2

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35
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number of tooth like projections in s. equinus

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4

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36
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number of tooth like projections in s. edentatus

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0

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small strongyles morphology

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0.5 - 2cm in length
white to dark red
ring shaped buccal capsule

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38
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predilection site of strongyles

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caecum or colon

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39
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life cycle of strongyles

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direct

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40
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prepatent period of s. vulgaris

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prepatent period of s. equinus

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prepatent period of s. edentates

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host of strongyles

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s. equinus infection route

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L3 –> large intestine –> peritoneal cavity –> liver –>pancreas —>lumen of large intestine –>
thrombus formation in mesenteric artery

45
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clinical signs of strongyles

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inapparent
rarely diarrhoea
unthriftness
anaemia

46
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faecal exam of strongyles

47
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strongyles eggs

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90um long
oval
thin shelled

48
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length of s. vulgaris

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length of s. edentatus

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length of s. equinus

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length of small strongyles

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body: tail of s. vulgaris

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body: tail of s. edentatus

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body: tail of s. equinus

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body: tail of small strongyles

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no. of gut cells of s. vulgaris

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no. of gut cells of s. edentatus

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no. of gut cells of s. equinus

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no. of gut cells of small strongyles

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characteristic of s. vulgaris

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stumpy short

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characteristic of s. edentatus

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slender medium

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characteristic of s. equinus

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slender medium

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characteristic of small strongyles

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stumpy medium

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necroscopy findings of strongyles

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adults in caecum and colon

65
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cause of strongylosis

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infection of extraintestinal migrating larvae of large strongyles

66
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predilection site of s. vulgaris larva

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submucosa and wall of caecum and colon, a. mesenterica cranialis

67
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predilection site of s. equinus larva

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subserosa of colon
abdominal cavity
liver
pancrease

68
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predilection site of s. edentatus larva

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colon mucosa
vena portae
liver
sub peritoneal haemorrhages

69
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clinical signs of strongylosis

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unthriftness in foals
anaemia
colic
intermittent lameness

70
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faecal exam of stronglosis

71
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necroscopy findings of s. vulgaris

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in the trunk of the a. mesesnteric cranialis
inflammation of the arterial wall
formation of cauliflower like thrombus
colic
strangulation
ileus
aneurysms
abscesses
infact

72
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necroscopy findings of s. equinus

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haemorrhagic tracts
rarely hepatits
pancreastits

73
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necroscopy findings of s. edenatus

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liver and sub peritoneal haemorrhages
subserosa haematoma

74
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what cyathostominosis

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small strongyles larva in mucosa of large intestine

75
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cause of cyathostominosis

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large numbers of small strongyle larvae of cyathostomum spp in mucosa of the large intestine

76
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treatment of cyathostominosis

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moxidectin
fenbendazole

77
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clinical signs of cyathostominosis

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inapparent
rarely diarrhoea
colic
rapid weight loss

78
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faecal examination of cyathostominosis

79
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necroscopy of cyathostominosis

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catarrhal haemorrhagic enteritis
large number of brihgt red
L4, L5 in diarrhoeic faeces
L4 in mucosa

80
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another name for nodular worm disease

A

oesophogostomosis

81
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cause of oesophogostomosis

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oesophagostomum denatum
oe. radiatum
oe. venulosum
oe. columbianum
oe. quadrispinulatum
charbertia ovina

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morphology of oesophagostomum

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1-2.5cm in length
thin
white worms with tapered head
shallow buccal cavity
inflated cuticular cephalic vesicle at anterior end

83
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predilection site of oesophagostomum

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caecum
colon
ileum in Ru

84
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life cycle of oesophagostomum

85
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hosts of oe. denatum

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pig
wild boar

86
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hosts of oe. quadrispinulatum

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pig
wild boar

87
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hosts of oe. radiatum

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cattle
buffalo
wild large ru

88
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hosts of oe. venulosum

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sheep
goat
wild small and large ru

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hosts of oe. columbianum

90
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clinical signs of oesophagostomum

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not common
fever
inappetence
diarrhoea
anaemia
oedema
emaciation

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faecal exam of oesophagostomum

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eggs of oesophagostomum in pigs

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eggs arent distuingishable

93
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eggs of oesophagostomum in ru

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eggs not distinguishable from gi nematodes

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necroscopy of oesophagostomum in pig

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necrotic diphtheroid or haemorrhagic enteritis

95
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necroscopy of oesophagostomum in ru

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catarrhal colitis
oedema
anaemia
yellowish -green or up to 2cm sized brownish red purulent

96
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no nodules in which oesophagostomum

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oe. venulosum

97
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cause of charbertiosis

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charbertia ovina

98
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another name for charbertiosis

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large mouthed bowel worm

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morphology of charbertiosis

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large buccal capsule
strognyle type egg
direct life cycle
hypobiosis L4

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