Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Experimental Life-Cycle of Varestrongylus eleguneniensis (Nematoda: Protostrongylidae) in a captive Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) and a Muskox (Ovibos moschatus moschatus)

Experimental Life-Cycle of Varestrongylus eleguneniensis (Nematoda: Protostrongylidae) in a... AbstractThe life-cycle of a recently described protostrongylid lungworm, Varestrongylus eleguneniensis, which infects caribou, muskoxen, and moose from Arctic and boreal regions of North America, was completed experimentally for the first time. A pilot study produced no patent infections when the muskox and reindeer were exposed to 51 and 30 infective third-stave larvae (L3) respectively, derived from a non-native intermediate host, Deroceras reticulatum. In the present study, a native North American native slug species, Deroceras leave was infected with the first-stage larvae (L1), isolated from the feces of wild muskoxen, to generate L3 which were administered to a captive reindeer calf ( 250 L3) and an adult captive muskox (380 L3). The prepatent periods for the reindeer and muskox were 56 and 72 days, respectively. Patency lasted for only 19 days in the reindeer and fecal larval counts were very low (0.09 - 1.53 larvae per gram of feces). Patency in the muskox was at least 210 days, and likely over 653 days, and the fecal larval counts were higher (0.06 - 17.8 larvae per gram of feces). This work provides the first experimental completion of the life-cycle of V. eleguneniensis. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Parasitology Allen Press

Experimental Life-Cycle of Varestrongylus eleguneniensis (Nematoda: Protostrongylidae) in a captive Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) and a Muskox (Ovibos moschatus moschatus)

,; ,; ,; ,
The Journal of Parasitology : 1 – Feb 8, 2017
Download PDF
19 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/allen-press/experimental-life-cycle-of-varestrongylus-eleguneniensis-nematoda-vxxlMqUYdz

References (31)

Publisher
Allen Press
Copyright
American Society of Parasitologists 2017
Subject
Short Communications
ISSN
0022-3395
eISSN
1937-2345
DOI
10.1645/17-19
pmid
28590168
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

AbstractThe life-cycle of a recently described protostrongylid lungworm, Varestrongylus eleguneniensis, which infects caribou, muskoxen, and moose from Arctic and boreal regions of North America, was completed experimentally for the first time. A pilot study produced no patent infections when the muskox and reindeer were exposed to 51 and 30 infective third-stave larvae (L3) respectively, derived from a non-native intermediate host, Deroceras reticulatum. In the present study, a native North American native slug species, Deroceras leave was infected with the first-stage larvae (L1), isolated from the feces of wild muskoxen, to generate L3 which were administered to a captive reindeer calf ( 250 L3) and an adult captive muskox (380 L3). The prepatent periods for the reindeer and muskox were 56 and 72 days, respectively. Patency lasted for only 19 days in the reindeer and fecal larval counts were very low (0.09 - 1.53 larvae per gram of feces). Patency in the muskox was at least 210 days, and likely over 653 days, and the fecal larval counts were higher (0.06 - 17.8 larvae per gram of feces). This work provides the first experimental completion of the life-cycle of V. eleguneniensis.

Journal

The Journal of Parasitology – Allen Press

Published: Feb 8, 2017

There are no references for this article.