Flashcards: Parasites of equines

Pinworm infection, also known as enterobiasis, is a human parasitic disease caused by the pinworm.

Sarcocystis is a genus of protozoa.

Strongyles (from the Greek strongulos, meaning round), or alternatively, strongyls, are nematode worms of the family Strongylidae, order Strongylida.

The pinworm (species Enterobius vermicularis), also known as threadworm (in the United Kingdom and Australasia) or seatworm, is a parasitic worm.

Eimeria is a genus of apicomplexan parasites that includes various species capable of causing the disease coccidiosis in cattle and poultry, among other animals.

Sarcocystis nesbitti is a species of protozoon.

Τrypanosoma equiperdum is a protozoan parasite that causes Dourine or covering sickness in horses and other animals in the family equidae.

Parafilaria multipapillosa (syn. Filaria haemorrhagica) is a parasitic nematode of the genus Parafilaria, which affects horses causing hemorrhagic subcutaneous nodules in the head and upper forelimbs, in North Africa, Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia and South America, leading to bleeding from the skin.

Elaeophora bohmi is a nematode parasite found in various arteries of the horse.

Trichinella britovi is a nematode parasite responsible for a zoonotic disease called trichinellosis.

Habronema muscae is an internal stomach parasite that is most commonly found in horses.

Dictyocaulus is a genus of nematode parasites of the bronchial tree of horses, sheep, goats, deer, and cattle.

Gasterophilus is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Oestridae which includes the horse botfly.

Trypanosoma congolense is a species of trypanosomes and is the major pathogen responsible for the disease nagana in cattle and other animals including sheep, pigs, goats, horses and camels, dogs, as well as laboratory mice.

Anoplocephala perfoliata is the most common intestinal tapeworm of horses, and an agent responsible for some cases of equine colic.

Cylicocyclus nassatus is a very common species of cyathostomin, which are important intestinal parasites of horses.

Schistosoma indicum is a species of digenetic trematode in the family Schistosomatidae.