Table 2 Examples of nematode parasites that parasitize different regions of the intestinal tract in domestic animals, humans and rodents
From: Developing novel anthelmintics from plant cysteine proteinases
Host | Â | Species | Â |
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Stomach | Small intestine | Large intestine |
Sheep | Teladorsagia circumcincta Haemonchus contortus Trichostrongylus axei | Trichostrongylus colubriformis Nematodirus battus | Trichuris ovis |
Cattle | Ostertagia ostertagi Trichostrongylus axei | Cooperia spp. Nematodirus spathiger | Oesophagostomum radiatum Trichuris globulosa |
Pigs | Hyostrongylus rubidus | Ascaris suum | Oesophagostomum spp. |
Humans | Â | Ancylostoma duodenale Necator americanus Ascaris lumbricoides | Trichuris trichiura Enterobius vermicularis |
Rodents | Protospirura muricola | Heligmosomoides bakeri Nippostrongylus brasiliensis Trichinella spiralis | Trichuris muris |