- Strongylus vulgaris
Taxobox | name = "Strongylus vulgaris"
image_caption = "Strongylus vulgaris" compared to a penny
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Nematoda
classis = Chromadorea
ordo = Rhabditida
familia = Strongylidae
genus = "Strongylus"
species = "S. vulgaris"
binomial = "Strongylus vulgaris"
binomial_authority ="Strongylus vulgaris", commonly known as the blood worm, [Disease Information. 2001. “Merial” http://nz.merial.com/horse_owners/disease/strongy_lg.html] is a common horse parasite in the phylum Nematoda. [De Ley, P. & Blaxter, M. “Systematic Position And Phylogeny.” The Biology of Nematodes. Lee D. L. (Ed.). London & New York: Taylor & Francis, 2002. 1-30.] This nematode is considered to be one of the "most pathogenic" of the large strongyles subphylum and is distrubuted worldwide, wherever there are grassland and temperate environment. [Johnstone, C. Parasites and Parasitic Diseases of Domestic Animals. 24 Jan. 2000. University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine & Merck. http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/merial/index.html]
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