Table 2

Examples of nematode parasites that parasitize different regions of the intestinal tract in domestic animals, humans and rodents

Host

Species

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

Ancylostoma duodenale

Necator americanus

Ascaris lumbricoides

Trichuris trichiura

Enterobius vermicularis

Rodents

Protospirura muricola

Heligmosomoides bakeri

Nippostrongylus brasiliensis

Trichinella spiralis

Trichuris muris

Behnke et al. Parasites & Vectors 2008 1:29   doi:10.1186/1756-3305-1-29