{{Short description|Family of roundworms}} {{distinguish|Ascarididae|Ascaridida}} {{Automatic Taxobox | name = ''Ascaridiidae'' | taxon = Ascaridiidae | authority = Travassos, 1919 | display_parents = 2 }}
'''Ascaridiidae''' is the name of a family of parasitic nematodes. The family includes roundworms belonging to a single genus ''Ascaridia''.<ref>Anderson RC (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=pLfsx1YPn_4C&q=anderson+nematode ''Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. Their Development and Transmission, 2nd ed.''] CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK, pp. 265,290-299. {{ISBN|0-85199-421-0}}</ref> Members are essentially intestinal parasites of gallinaceous birds, including domestic fowl.<ref>Kajerova V, Barus V, Literak I (2004). [http://old.vri.cz/docs/vetmed/49-6-217.pdf Nematodes from the genus ''Ascaridia'' parasitizing psittaciform birds: a review and determination key] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206201530/http://old.vri.cz/docs/vetmed/49-6-217.pdf |date=February 6, 2015 }}. ''Vet. Med. – Czech'', '''49''' (6): 217–223.</ref> ''A. galli'' is the most prevalent and pathogenic species, especially in domestic fowl. They cause the disease ascaridiasis in birds.<ref>Griffiths HJ (1978). ''A Handbook of Veterinary Parasitology: Domestic Animals of North America''. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, pp. 46-47. {{ISBN|0-8166-0828-8}}</ref>
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Category:Ascaridomorpha Category:Nematode families Category:Parasitic nematodes of vertebrates Category:Parasites of birds
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