Causative agents 
- Strongyloides ransomi


Differential diagnosis 
- Ascariasis
- Coccidiosis



1. History taking 
- Most susceptible in piglets
- Raised on wet ground



2. Clinical examination 
- Slight or serious diarrhea
- Cachexia
- Anorexia, listlessness, anemia



3. Fecal examination 
- Flotation technique
- Direct smear of mucosal scrapings

4. Necropsy  
- Catarrhal intestinal lesions
- Adult worms recovered by mucosal scrapings



5. Histopathological observation 
- Lung hemorrhage
- Catarrhal enteritis with worm section in the
  mucosa

Control and treatment 
- Raise on dry concrete floor
- Deworm piglets before weaning
- Deworm pregnant sows regularly
- Treatment with thiabendazole