Phylum Nematoda
Class Chromadorea
Subclass Spiruria
Order Spirurida
Superfamily Filarioidea
Nematodes of the genus Setaria Viborg, 1795 of the family Setariidae have wide distribution and parasitise a wide range of animals.
For example, they parasitize both even- and odd-toed ungulates of Uzbekistan (Sultanov et al., 1975) as endoparasites of the abdominal cavity and decrease growth and productivity of the hosts.
Species diversity, pathogenicity and ecological characteristics of these parasites have not been well studied .
Setaria parasites have been collected from the abdominal cavity of animals of the families Equidae, Suidae, Bovidae and Cervidae, which are definitive hosts..
Mosquitoe, (Anopheles and Culex spp., Diptera) associated with the definitive hosts, transmit the nematodes
In Uzbekistan, the family Equidae (horse, donkey) were infected only with S. equinа, at an infection rate between 25.5 and 40.0%; Host family Suidae (pig) was infected with S. bernardi at an infection rate between 0.5 and 0.3%.
Bovidae (cattle and goat) infected by S. digitata at a rate between 1.0 and 5.0% and by S. labiatopapillosa.
Cervidae (Bactrian deer and roe) infected by S. cervi at a rate 1.0–5.0%.
Camelidae (camel), infected by S. labiatopapillosa at a rate between 2.0 and 35.5%.
Abdullayevich, S.K., Djalaliddinovna, A.F., Abdulakimovich, S.U. 2015. The character of the distribution and ecology of nematodes from the genus Setaria (Filariina, Setariidae), the parasites of the mammals of Uzbekistan. Proceedings of the The Seventh International Conference on Eurasian scientific development. East West» Association for Advanced Studies and Higher Education Vienna. 265 p.
Sultanov M.A., Azimov D.A., Gekhtin V.I., Muminov P.A. 1975. The helminths of the domestic mammals of Uzbekistan. Tashkent: Fan,
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