Ascaridia galli sunan kimiyya ne ga nau'in tsutsotsin tsutsotsi masu kamuwa da cuta da ke cutar da hanjin kaji. An fi saninsa da tsutsa mai kaji kuma yana iya haifar da matsalolin lafiya a cikin kaji kamar rage nauyi, rage yawan kwai, da matsalolin narkewar abinci. Kalmar “Ascaridia” ta fito ne daga kalmar Helenanci “askaris,” wanda ke nufin “tsutsotsin hanji,” kuma “galli” na nufin mai masaukinsa, kajin gida ( Gallus gallus domesticus).