Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-5nwft Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-06-03T16:51:53.361Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Dictyocaulus capreolus n. sp. (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea) from roe deer, Capreolus capreolus and moose, Alces alces in Sweden

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2024

L.M. Gibbons  and
J. Höglund
L.M. Gibbons*
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, Herts, AL9 7TA, UK
J. Höglund
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology (SWEPAR), National Veterinary Institute and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE 751 89 Uppsala, Sweden
*
*Fax: +44 (0)1707 661464 E-mail: lgibbons@rvc.ac.uk
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Dictyocaulus capreolus n. sp. recovered from roe deer, Capreolus capreolus and moose, Alces alces in Sweden is described and figured. Morphological studies revealed the new species to be closest to D. eckerti and D. africanus on the basis of mouth shape, all three species having an elongate mouth opening. The other species of the genus, including D. viviparus, all have a circular to oval mouth opening. Dictyocaulus capreolus n. sp. can be distinguished from D. eckerti and D. africanus on the basis of the morphology of the buccal capsule and the bursa. These morphological studies support earlier evidence of the presence of a new species of Dictyocaulus in roe deer and moose that could be distinguished from D. eckerti and D. viviparus using either a PCR-linked hybridization assay or image analysis software to study the dimensions of the buccal capsule.

Type
Review Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 76 , Issue 2 , June 2002 , pp. 119 - 124
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2002

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Bienioschek, S., Rehbein, S.T. & Ribbeck, R. (1996) Cross-infections between fallow deer and domestic ruminants with large lungworms (Dictyocaulus spp.). Applied Parasitology 37, 229–238.Google ScholarPubMed
Divina, B.-P., Wilhelmsson, E., Mattsson, J., Waller, P.J. & Höglund, J. (2000) Identification of Dictyocaulus spp. in ruminants by comparative morphological and molecular analysis. Parasitology 1212, 193–201.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Durette-Desset, M.C. (1971) Essai de classification des nematodes Héligmosomes. Corrélations avec la paléobiogéographie des hôtes. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle série, Série A, Zoologie 69, 1–126.Google Scholar
Durette-Desset, M.C., Hugonnet, L. & Chabaud, A.G. (1988) Redescription de Dictyocaulus noerneri Railliet et Henry, 1907, parasite de Capreolus capreolus en Europe, comparaison avec D. viviparus (Bloch,1782) parasite du bétail. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 63, 285–295.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Eysker, M. (1994) Dictyocaulosis in cattle. Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian 16, 669–675.Google ScholarPubMed
Gibbons, L.M. & Khalil, L.F. (1988) A revision of the genus Dictyocaulus Railliet & Henry, 1907 (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea) with the description of D. africanus n. sp from African artiodactylids. Journal of African Zoology 102, 151–175.Google Scholar
Höglund, J., Wilhelmsson, E., Christensson, D., Waller, P.J. & Mattsson, J. (1999) ITS2 sequences of Dictyocaulus species from cattle, roe deer and moose in Sweden: molecular evidence for a new species. International Journal for Parasitology 29, 607–611.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Jansen, J. & Borgsteede, F.H. (1990) Dictyocaulus species, lungworms in cattle and deer in The Netherlands. Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde 115, 155–158.Google ScholarPubMed
Nilsson, O. (1971) The inter-relationship of endo-parasites in wild cervids (Capreolus capreolus L. and Alces alces L.) and domestic ruminants in Sweden. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 12, 36–68.Google ScholarPubMed
Railliet, A. & Henry, A. (1907) Sur les variations des strongyles de l'appareil respiratoire des mammifères. Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Société de Biologie 63, 751–753.Google Scholar
Skrjabin, K.I., Shikhobalova, N.P. ]#x0026; Schultz, R.S. (1954) Dictyocaulidae, Heligmosomatidae and Ollulanidae of animals. 323 pp. in Skrjabin, K.I. (Ed.) Essentials of nematodology. Academy of Sciences, Moscow (in Russian), [English translation, 1971, by Israel Program for Scientific translation. Jerusalem].Google Scholar