VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

STRONGYLOIDES SP. IN SAMBAR DEER

• These peculiar nematode has an alternate free living saprophytic generation and a parasitic generation in the gut of vertebrates. These endoparasites migrate through blood, lungs, trachea and pharynx finally reaching small intestine.
• Enteritis, diarrohea and debilitation are the pathogenic effects produced by these nematode parasites.