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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 01:03Animal Necropsy and Screening of Major Organs for Helminth Collection
- 03:56Preservation of Helminths
- 05:47Taxonomic Identification of Helminths
- 08:01Representative Helminth Collection and Identification Results
- 09:08Conclusion
Wild animals are commonly parasitized by a wide range of helminths. The four major types of helminths are “roundworms” (nematodes), “thorny-headed worms” (acanthocephalans), “flukes” (trematodes), and “tapeworms” (cestodes). Here we describe how helminths are collected from a vertebrate animal and how they are preserved and taxonomically identified.
