Ascaridiidae

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Ascaridiidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Ascaridida
Suborder: Ascaridina
Superfamily: Heterakoidea
Family: Ascaridiidae
Travassos, 1919

Ascaridiidae is the name of a family of parasitic nematodes. The family includes roundworms belonging to a single genus Ascaridia . [1] Members are essentially intestinal parasites of gallinaceous birds, including domestic fowl. [2] A. galli is the most prevalent and pathogenic species, especially in domestic fowl. They cause the disease ascaridiasis in birds. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Anderson RC (2000). Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. Their Development and Transmission, 2nd ed. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK, pp. 265,290-299. ISBN   0-85199-421-0
  2. ↑ Kajerova V, Barus V, Literak I (2004). Nematodes from the genus Ascaridia parasitizing psittaciform birds: a review and determination key Archived February 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine . Vet. Med. – Czech, 49 (6): 217–223.
  3. ↑ Griffiths HJ (1978). A Handbook of Veterinary Parasitology: Domestic Animals of North America. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, pp. 46-47. ISBN   0-8166-0828-8


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