Chabertia - buccal capsule

	Group: Bursate, non- migratory nematode
	Host species: sheep goats, cattle
	Features: Large nematode found in colon large bell-shaped buccal capsule - no cutting plates or teeth - compare this to Bunostomum Feeds by ingesting plugs of mucosal tissue - "plug feeder"

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