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The pig-parasitic nematode Ascaris suum.
Ascarids are gut and tissue parasites of a wide range of vertebrates, including humans. This species infects pigs worldwide, and can cause human disease; it is used as a model for the human parasite A. lumbricoides to which it is very closely related. See NEMBASE4 for analyses of ESTs from this parasite and many other nematodes.