Ostertagia

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Classification Biology and Ecology

Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle

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Ecosystem Functions and Services

Distribution Management

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Feeding  References
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Classification

Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Rhabditida
  Rhabditina
   Trichostronglyloidea
    Haemonchidae
Ostertagiinae

Ostertagia Drozdz,

Type species of the genus: Ostertagia

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Based on molecular analyses, Ostertagia and Orloffia are considered close but independent genera (Kuznetsov, 2011).

 

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Distribution

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Feeding

Many of the species are parasites of the abomasa and small intestine of ruminants.

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Life Cycle:

   
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References:

Beveridge, I., Spratt, D.M., Durette-Desset, M-C. 2013. Order Strongylida (Railliet & Henry, 1913). Handbook Of Zoology Online. De Gruyter

Drozdz, J., 1995. Polymorphism in the Ostertagiinae Lopez Neyra, 1947 and Comments on the Systematics of These Nematodes, Syst. Parasitol., 1995, 32:91-99.

Kuznetsov, D.N. 2011. Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Ostertagia (Nematoda: Ostertagiinae) Based on an ITS2 rDNA Study. Biology Bulletin, 38:608-614. Original Russian Text: Kuznetsov, D.N. 2011, in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2011, 6: 710-16.

 

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