Dictyocaulus viviparus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Family: | Dictyocaulidae |
Genus: | Dictyocaulus |
Species: | D. viviparus
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Binomial name | |
Dictyocaulus viviparus (Bloch, 1782)
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Dictyocaulus viviparus is a species of nematodes belonging to the family Dictyocaulidae.[1]
The species has cosmopolitan distribution.[1] It is parasitic, and has the common name of the bovine lungworm due to its negative impact on cattle.[2]