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Ascaris suum


Picture Credit:
http://caltest.vet.upenn.edu/merial/swine/swine_6.htm

Image: Ascaris suum in small intestine of pig.

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Common Name: Large roundworm of pigs
Disease: A common disease of swine similar to Ascariasis in humans. Ascaris is an extensively studied nematode due to its large size and easy availability.
Clade III
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A. suum Library Descriptions

Available ESTs: 31,416
Planned ESTs: In progress
NemaGene Cluster Status: Clustering by NEMBASE .
Sequencing: The Washington University Nematode EST Project, Genome Sequencing Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO and Edinburgh University (Blaxter Lab) with the Sanger Centre, Hinxton, UK.
GSC Collaborators: Al Scott, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Tim Geary, Pharmacia Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI
Dante Zarlenga, USDA, Beltsville, MD
Richard E. Davis, City University of New York. NY
Links: CDC Ascaris suum facts
Parasitology.org Facts
Contact: Makedonka Mitreva
Reference: Citation Reference

 

 

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