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#REDIRECT[[Haemonchus]]
{{Taxobox
|name = Haemonchus
|kingdom = Animalia
|phylum = [[:Category:Nematodes|Nematoda]]
|class = Sercernentea
|sub-class = Rhabditia
|order = Strongylida
|super-family =
|family = [[:Category:Trichostrongyloidea|Trichostrongyloidea]]
|sub-family =
|genus = Haemonchus
|species = '''''H. Contortus/ H. placei, H. Longistipes, H. similis'''''
}}
==Identification==
The adults are red in colour and around 2-3 cm in length.
The male has a dorsal lobe, which is longer than those seen in ''H. contortus''. He also has barbed spicules, which are shorter than in ''H. contortus''.
Predilection site: '''Abomasum
==Life Cycle==
As for ''[[Haemonchus contortus#Life Cycle|H. contortus]].''
==Hosts==
Cattle, deer.
{{Learning
|literature search = [http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?q=title%3A%28%22Haemonchus+similis%22%29 ''Haemonchus similis'' publications]
}}
[[Category:Haemonchus]]
[[Category:Cattle_Nematodes]][[Category:Deer Nematodes]]