Elaphostrongylus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Secernentea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Suborder: | Strongylida |
Superfamily: | Metastrongyloidea |
Family: | Protostrongylidae |
Subfamily: | Elaphostrongylinae |
Genus: | Elaphostrongylus Cameron, 1931[1] |
Elaphostrongylus is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Protostrongylidae.[2]
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.