Elaphostrongylus

Elaphostrongylus is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Protostrongylidae.[2]

Elaphostrongylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Nematoda
Class:
Secernentea
Order:
Rhabditida
Suborder:
Strongylida
Superfamily:
Metastrongyloidea
Family:
Protostrongylidae
Subfamily:
Elaphostrongylinae
Genus:
Elaphostrongylus

Cameron, 1931[1]

Species
  • Elaphostrongylus cervi Cameron, 1931
  • Elaphostrongylus panticola Lubinov, 1945
  • Elaphostrongylus rangiferi Mitskevich, 1958
  • Elaphostrongylus alces Steen et al., 1989

Life cycle

Intermediate hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp. are terrestrial gastropods and they include:

Experimental hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp. can also be freshwater snails.[2] For example Lymnaea stagnalis has been experimentally infected with Elaphostrongylus rangiferi.[3]

Elaphostrongylus spp. causes cerebral nematodiasis.[2] Definitive host include Cervidae: moose Alces alces,[2] Cervus elaphus and reindeer Rangifer tarandus.

References
  1. Cameron (1931). J. Helminth. 9: 213.
  2. Olsson I.-M., Stéen M. & Mann H. (1993). "Gastropod hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp. (Protostrongylidae, Nematoda)". Rangifer 13(1): 53-55. PDF.
  3. Skorping A. (1985). "Lymnea stagnalis as experimental intermediate host for Elaphostrongylus rangiferi". Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde 71: 265-270.
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