Oxyspirura

  

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Rev: 12/12/2024

Avian Eyeworm Classification Biology and Ecology
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
Return to Oxyspirura Menu Ecosystem Functions and Services
Distribution Management
Return to Thelaziidae Menu Feeding  References
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Classification:

Chromadorea
 Chromadoria

           Rhabditida 

                      
Spirurina
                          Spiruroidea
                  Thelaziidae
                      
  •             Oxyspirura Skrjabin, 1929

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    Morphology and Anatomy:

    Many of the species that have been described from few specimens are difficult to separate morphologically and morphometrically (Pence, 1972)

     
     

    Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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    Distribution:

     

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    Feeding:

    Nematode parasites of birds,  infects all organs of the visual and the olfactory systems of avian species

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    Life Cycle:

    Require and intermediate host, usually an insect, that is consumed by the definitive bird host.

     
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    References:

    Dunham, N., Bruno, A., Almas, S., Rollins, D., Fedynich, A., Presley, S., & Kendall, R. 2016. Eyeworms (Oxyspirura petrowi) in the Northern Bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) from the rolling plains ecoregion of Texas and Oklahoma. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 52(3), 562-567

    Kalyanasundaram, A., Brym, M., Blanchard, K., Henry, C., Skinner, K., Henry, B., Dendall, R. 2019. Life-cycle of Oxyspirura petrowi (Spirurida: Thelaziidae), an eyeworm of the northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus). Parasites & Vectors, 12: 1-10.

    Pence, D.B. 1972. The genus Oxyspirura (Nematoda: Thelaziidae) from birds in Louisiana. Proc. Helm. Soc. Washington 39:23-28.

    Rech, N.D., Au, M., Csabasllero, L., Cardoza, J., Coloma, F., Lozano, J., Moreno, M. 2022. Implications of the Infestation Rates of Wolbachia pipientis and Oxyspirura petrowi in Brachystola magna as Related to the Percentage of Eyeworm Disease in Northern Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus) . International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology 9 (7): 2857-2863.

    Skrjabin, K. I. 1929. Nematoden der Gattung Oxyspirura Drasche aus den Augen der Vogel. Trudy 50, Soliaznoi Germintologicheskoi Ekspeditsii Sibir. Krai.: 213-234

     

     

     

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    Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
    Revised: December 12, 2024.