Parasites of the Pig


 

                                                           

Ascaris suum

Strongyloides ransomi

Trichinella spiralis

Oesphagostomum dentatum

Macracanthorynchus hirudinaceus

Trichuris suis

Metastrongylus elongatus

Stephanurus dentatus

Taenia solium    -  Swine are the intermediate host (They have the larval stage of this parasite)

Hyostrongylus rubidus

Giardia lamblia

Eimeria suis

Isospora suis

Balantidium coli

Cryptosporidium parvum

Fasciola hepatica


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