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[[Image:Strongyloides.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Strongyloides'' - Joaquim Castellà Veterinary Parasitology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona]]

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=== ''~~STRONGYLOIDES WESTERI~~'' ===

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~~==== General ====~~

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==Overview==

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This is the only genus of veterinary importance in the super-family Rhabditoidea. There are a number of species that are of particular importance and these are mainly host specific.

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=== ''Strongyloides westeri'' ===

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This is a parasite of the horse and is most commonly seen in young foals, less than six months in age. This is usually the fisrt parasite to which foals are exposed and therfore they have very little immunity to these infections. The predeliction site for these worms is the small intestine.

*Rhabditoid, small intestine.

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*Commonest in foals <6months old.

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*FIRST PARASITE TO WHICH FOALS ARE EXPOSED.

==== Morphology ====

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