Elaphostrongylus

Elaphostrongylus	Contents	Rev 01/17/2024
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Strongyloidea

Protostrongylidae

Elaphostrongylus Cameron, 1931

Type species of the genus: Elaphostrongylus cervi Cameron, 1931

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

Type species of the genus (Elaphostrongylus cervi) describesd from Scottish red deer (Cervus elephas scotius).

Infections of the brainworm Elaphostrongylus rangiferi are widely reported from the Palearctic while Nearctic caribou are reported to be infected with the meningeal (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) and muscle nematodes (P. andersoni, P. odocoilei) (Loginova et al., 2023).

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Life Cycle:

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References:

Dougherty, E.C., Goble, F.C. 1946. The Genus Protostrongylus Kamenskii, 1905 (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae), and Its Relatives: Preliminary Note. J. Parasitol. 32:7-16.

Loginova, O.A., Kolpashchikov, L.A. Spiridonov, S.E. 2023. First report of Orthostrongylus sp. (Nematodea: Protostrongylidae) in wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) from Taimyr, Russia: Nearctic parasites in a Palearctic host. Helminthology 122:685-689.

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