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

BUNOSTOMIASIS IN BLACKBUCKS

• Bunostomum spp. is considered to be one of the most dangerous nematodes in animals. There hook worms have a well developed buccal capsule with well developed chitinous plates and lancets.
• The infection occurs through penetration of infective larvae into month or skin. The eggs are like strongyle with thin shell and are darkly pigmented with compact yolk mass and parallel sides.