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• Transmitted as larvae by biting insects
• Slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates
• Often grown for forage
• European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up
нитчатка, филярия (нематода)