Strongyle Infections, Equine
| Definition: |
Infection of horses with parasitic nematodes of the superfamily STRONGYLOIDEA. Characteristics include the development of hemorrhagic nodules on the abdominal peritoneum. |
| Notes: |
nematode infect; don't forget also HORSES (NIM) & check tag ANIMALS; for organism coord IM with STRONGYLUS (NIM) or other genus of superfamily STRONGYLOIDEA & its taxonomic families (NIM) |
| Previously Indexed: |
Nematode Infections (1966-1967) |
Strongyle Infections, Equine Definitions and Terms
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