Nematodes
| Parasite | Common name | Other important points if any |
| Oesophagostomum sp. | Nodular worm | Black foetid diarrhea/ pimply gut |
| Trichostrongylus colubriformis | Black scour or bankrupt worm | |
| Haemonchus contortus | Barber’s pole worm/ stomach-worm/ wireworm | most pathogenic Bottle-jaw |
| Ostertagia ostertagi | Brown stomach worm/ Brown hair worm |
morocco leather |
| Paramphistomum sp | Rumen fluke | |
| Gongylonema verrucosum | Rumen gullet worm or gullet worm | |
| Cooperia punctata | Cattle bankrupt worm | |
| Ascaris suum | Milk spot | |
| Toxascaris leonine/ T. canis / T. cati | Arrow headed worm or Arrow worm | |
| Family- Strongylidae | Palisade worm | |
| Heterakis gallinarum | Caecal worm | |
| Oxyuris equi | Pinworm of Horse/ rectal worm | Rat-tailed |
| Enterobius vermicularis | Pinworm or seat worm of man | |
| Strongylus vulgaris | Verminous aneurysm | |
| Stephanurus dentatus | Kidney-worm of pig | |
| Syngamus trachea | Gapeworm/ forked worm | Gapes |
| Ancylostoma caninum | Hookworm of dog | |
| A.Tubaeforme | Hookworm of cat | |
| A.duodenale/ N. americanus | Hookworm of man | |
| Bunostomum trigonocephalum | Hookworm of sheep & goats | Bottle-jaw |
| Globocephalus sp. | Hookworm of pig | |
| Dioctophyma renale | Giant kidney worm | |
| Bunostomum phlebostomum | Hookworm of cattle | |
| Dictyocaulus filarial | Lungworm of sheep | |
| D.viviparus | Lungworm of cattle | Husk or hoose |
| Metastrongylus sp. | Lungworm of pigs | |
| Thelazia rhodesii | Eye worm | |
| T.lachrymalis | Eye worm of horse | |
| T. bubalis | Eye worm of buffalo | |
| Dirofilaria immitis | Dog heart worm | |
| Setaria equine | Abdominal worm of equine | |
| S.digitata | Abdominal worm of cattle | |
| Stephanofilaria assamensis | Hump sore “Cascado” |
| Stephanofilaria zaheeri | Ear sore | |
| Onchocerca volvulus | River blindness | |
| Drancunculus medinensis | Guinea-worm | |
| Trichuris spp. | Whip-worm |
Trematodes
| Parasite | Common name | Other important points if any |
| Dicrocoelium dendriticum | Lancet liver fluke | Slime balls |
| Clonorchis sinensis | Oriental or Chinese liver fluke | Cholangitis and cholangiohepatitis |
| Prosthogonimus ovatus | Oviduct fluke of poultry | Shell-less egg |
| Fasciola sp. | Liver fluke | Pipe-stem liver |
| Paragonimus westermanii | Ling fluke | |
| Paramphistomes | Rumen fluke or conical fluke | |
| Gigantocotyle explanatum | Disease condition called Biliary amphistomosis | |
| Family- Schistosomatidae | Blood fluke | Furcocercous cercariae |
| Schistosoma nasalis | Nasal schistosomasis ” snoring disease” of cattle, goats and horses in India |
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| S.hematobium | Urinary or vesical schistosomasis | |
| S.indicum, S.spindale, S. incognitum |
Hepato-intestinal schistosomasis |
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| Cercarial dermatitis commonly known as `swimmers` itch or `dhobi` itch in India `clam-diggers` itch, `hunters` itch, `rice paddy` itch, lakeside disease`(Japan) `Bsder dermatitis` (Germany) or `gale des nageurs` (France) |
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Cestodes
| Parasites | Infective stage | Common name | Other important points if any |
| Anoplocephala perfoliata | Cysticercoid in oribatid mite | Lappetted cestode | |
| Paranoplocephala mamillana | Cysticercoid in oribatid mite | Dwarf tapeworm of horse | |
| Thysanosoma actinioides |
Fringed tapeworm | ||
| Davainea proglottina | Cysticercoid in gastropod mollusks | Most pathogenic tapeworm of poultry |
Haemorrhagic enteritis |
| Cotugnia diagnopora | Double-pored tapeworm of poultry | ||
| Dipylidium caninum | Cysticercoids in fleas (Ctenocephalides canis or c. felis or Pulex irritans )and doc louse (Trichodectis canis) |
Double-pored tapeworm of dog | |
| Hymenolepis nana | Direct life-cycle (important) | Dwarf tapewormof rodents,simian primates and man | |
| Taenia saginata | Cysticercus bovis | Measly beef | |
| T. solium | Cysticercus cellulosae | Pork tapeworm | Measly pork Neuro-cysticercosis or ocular cysticercosis in man |
| T. ovis | Cysticercous ovis | ||
| T. hydatigena | Cysticercous tenuicollis (mostly in sheep) | Haemorrhagic and fibrotic tract in liver (Int. host) | |
| T.pisiformis | C. pisiformis (in Rabbit,hares and rodents) |
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| T. multiceps | Coenurus cerebralis (sheep,goat) |
Gid or Staggers | |
| T. serialis | Coenurus serialis | ||
| Echonococcus granulosus | Hydatid cyst | Unilocular hydatidosis | |
| E. multilocularis | Hydatid cyst | ||
| Diphyllobothrium latum | 1. Procercoid in body cavity of cyclops 2. Plerocercoid in fish |
Broad fish tapeworm | A macrocytic hypochromic anaemia develops resulting from a competition between parasite and host for vitamin B12 |