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What is a parasitic nematode?

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8y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

Parasitic nematodes are also known as Roundworm. They have unsegmented bodies narrowing at each end and are parasites of plants and animals such as eelworms, pinworms and hookworms and can occur in rats, pigs and humans

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