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1 Feed on blood as they grow, adults live in bile ducts, life cycle requires contact with water
2 Blood sucking parasite of small intestine, can cause colic in horses and can be expelled in feces.
3 Cause colic and weight loss, can infect fetus of pregnant animals, eggs can be coughed up and swallowed so larva can get to intestines
4 Noticeable by eggs stuck in horses hair, larvae cause ulcers feeding on stomach walls
5 live mostly in the cecum, cause bloody diarrhea, eggs are passed with feces
6 Lay eggs on hair of animal, larvae burrow into skin through hair follicles, create bumps on skin and "pop" out at maturity.
7 Live in lungs, cause coughing and labored breathing,
8 live in the intestines and feed on the food consumed by the animal, not the animal itself. Can affect all species.
9 Mainly affect horses, live in colon, can crawl out of rectum to lay eggs, eggs fall to ground and are eaten by other animals
10 lay eggs on skin, fed on skin, cause hair loss and itchy, crusty, skin
11 Live on host, attach eggs to hair follicles, feed on blood and skin, cause irritation and itching
12 attach externally, feed on blood, can cause anemia and carry diseases like Lyme
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