Trichosomoides		Contents		Rev: 03/20/2026
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

Trichosomoididae (or Capillariidae)

Trichosomoides Railliet, 1895

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Trichosomoides

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Biology and Ecology:

Trichosomoides crassicauda is transmitted in rats by direct ingestion of larvated eggs in urine or contaminated environments.

 Infection rates in some enclosed facilities may become highly infected with T. crassicauda.

 The pathogenicity of T. crassicauda.in the urinary bladder wall of infected rats is relatively low, even when the anterior part of the worms is embedded in the bladder urothelium, causing a mild, flat, hyperplastic response (Tamaru et al., 2025).

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References:

Tamaru, M., Sakaguchi, S., Souza, Y., Murata, K., Yunus, M., Rosyadi, I., Dabo, H. 2025. Integrated Taxonomic Approaches to Gastrointestinal and Urinary Capillariid Nematodes from Wild and Domestic Mammals. Pathogens 14, 455  doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14050455

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: March 20, 2026.