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=== '''''TRICHOSTRONGYLUS TENIUS''''' ===
*Wide host range, but particularly important in grouse (and geese).
*Found in the intestine and caeca.
*Appearance, life-cycle and epidemiology of this worm very similar to that of the ''Trichostrongylus'' species of ruminants (hypobiosis can occur in winter).
*On moorland, the L3 accumulate in the heather tips eaten by grouse.
*Contributes to (but probably not the main cause of) the cyclical crashes in grouse populations.
*Treatment is achieved by putting out dishes of medicated grit.
*Grouse are particularly vulnerable in spring (when body condition is often poor after the winter):
**infection
→ reduced appetite and hypoalbuminaemia
→ reduced survivability and egg-laying.
[[Category:Trichostrongyloidea]][[Category:Poultry_Nematodes]]
*Wide host range, but particularly important in grouse (and geese).
*Found in the intestine and caeca.
*Appearance, life-cycle and epidemiology of this worm very similar to that of the ''Trichostrongylus'' species of ruminants (hypobiosis can occur in winter).
*On moorland, the L3 accumulate in the heather tips eaten by grouse.
*Contributes to (but probably not the main cause of) the cyclical crashes in grouse populations.
*Treatment is achieved by putting out dishes of medicated grit.
*Grouse are particularly vulnerable in spring (when body condition is often poor after the winter):
**infection
→ reduced appetite and hypoalbuminaemia
→ reduced survivability and egg-laying.
[[Category:Trichostrongyloidea]][[Category:Poultry_Nematodes]]