| Chabertia ovina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Chabertiidae |
| Genus: | Chabertia Railliet & Henry, 1909 |
| Species: | C. ovina |
| Binomial name | |
| Chabertia ovina (Fabricius, 1794) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Strongylus ovina Fabricius 1794 | |
Chabertia ovina, the large-mouthed bowel worm, is a species of parasitic roundworms that infects sheep, goats (occasionally cattle) and other wild ruminants. Infection of pigs are very infrequent. It is not known to be contagious to humans.
The disease caused by Chabertia worms is called chabertiasis or chabertiosis.
It is found worldwide but is more frequent in temperate regions.
References
- Sur la classification des Strongylidae. I. Metastrongylinae. A Railliet and A Henry, Compte Rendu des Séances de la Société de Biologie …, 1909
- The parasitic life cycle of Chabertia ovina (Fabricius, 1788) in sheep. RP Herd, International Journal for Parasitology, 1971, doi:10.1016/0020-7519(71)90014-2
- The pathogenic importance of Chabertia ovina (Fabricius, 1788) in experimentally infected sheep. RP Herd, International Journal for Parasitology, 1971, doi:10.1016/0020-7519(71)90028-2
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