Helminths

INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND PARASITES PARASITES

Introduction

Soybean Cyst Nematode and Egg, Scanning Electron Micrograph - Wikimedia Commons

Aeurostrongylus abstrusus - Courtesy of the Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

Helminths of Veterinary Importance

• Nematodes

• Trematodes

• Cestodes

• Acanthocephalans

Useful Resources

• http://www.veterinariavirtual.uab.es/parasito/diagnos003$/coproeq.htm

Brilliant microscopic pictures of protozoa and helminths