Family Dictyocaulidae

                                 Revised 01/12/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

Chromadorea

Chromadoria

Rhabditida

Rhabditina

Metastrongyloidea

           Dictyocaulidae (Skrjabin, 1933) Skrjabin, 1941

Parasites of respiratory system of ruminants.

• Large nematodes
• Buccal capsule small; mouth without lips;
• bursa with large lateral lobes, large dorsal lobe;
• didelphic; vulva at mid-region of body;
• ovoviviparous.

 Life cycles direct with third-stage larvae ingested followed by migration via the lymphatic system to the lungs  (Anderson, 2000).

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References

Anderson, R. C. 2000. Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates, Their Development and Transmission. CABI, Wallingford.

Beveridge, I., Spratt, D.M.  and Durette-Desset, M-C. 2014. Order Strongylida (Railliet and Henry, 1913). In Schmidt-Raesa, A. (ed). Handbook of Zoology: Gastroctricha, Cycloneurelia and Gnathifera. Vol 2. Nematoda. De Gruyter, Berlin

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