VPA 211: General Veterinary Parasitology and Helminthology (3+1)

CLASSIFICATION

Phylum	Platyhelminthes
Class	Trematoda	Eucestoda	Cotyloda
Sub-class	Digenea
Families	Fasciolidae, Dicrocoelidae, Prosthogonimidae, Opisthorchiidae,Paragonimidae, Paramphistomatidae and Schistosomatidae	Anoplocephalidae, Thysanosomidae, Davaineidae, Dilepididae, Hymenolepididae, Taeniidae and Mesocestoididae	Diphyllobothriidae

Phylum	Nemathelminthes
Class	Nematoda
Order	Ascaridida	Rhabditida	Strongylida	Spirurida	Enoplida
Families	Ascarididae, Oxyuridae, Heterakidae, Subuluridae	Strongyloididae	Amidostomatidae, Stephanuridae, Syngamidae, Ancylostomatidae, Trichostrongylidae, Dictyocaulidae, Metastrongylidae, Protostrongylidae and Filaroididae	Spiruridae, Thelaziidae, Acuariidae, Tetrameridae, Physalopteridae, Gnathostomatidae, Filariidae, Setariidae, Onchocercidae and Dracunculidae	Trichinellidae, Trichuridae, Capillariidae and Dioctophymidae

Phylum	Acanthocephala
Order	Archiacanthocephala
Family	Oligacanthorhynchidae