Cross-infection of moose ( Alces alces) and reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus) with Elaphostrongylus alces and Elaphostrongylus rangiferi (Nematoda, Protostrongylidae): effects on parasite morphology and prepatent period

Moose ( Alces alces) and reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus) were experimentally cross-infected with Elaphostrongylus rangiferi and Elaphostrongylus alces, respectively. Both Elaphostrongylus species completed their development in the alternate hosts but produced fewer larvae than in their usual host spec...

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Published in:Veterinary parasitology 1997-07, Vol.71 (1), p.27-38
Main Authors: Stéen, M., Blackmore, C.G.M., Skorping, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ALCE
Animals
Cross-infection
Deer - parasitology
ELAN
ELAPHOSTRONGYLUS
Elaphostrongylus alces
Elaphostrongylus rangiferi
ELKS
EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION
Female
INFECCION EXPERIMENTAL
INFECTION EXPERIMENTALE
Larva
Male
Metastrongyloidea
Moose
REINDEER
Reindeer - parasitology
RENNE
RENO
Strongylida Infections - parasitology
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Summary:Moose ( Alces alces) and reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus) were experimentally cross-infected with Elaphostrongylus rangiferi and Elaphostrongylus alces, respectively. Both Elaphostrongylus species completed their development in the alternate hosts but produced fewer larvae than in their usual host species. Reindeer infected with Elaphostrongylus alces developed patent infections after 39–130 days. In moose, the prepatent period of this parasite was 39–73 days. Elaphostrongylus rangiferi infections were patent in moose after 133 days. The male morphological characteristics of E. alces in moose and reindeer, and E. rangiferi in moose and their migration pattern retained regardless of the host species. These results provide further evidence that E. alces and E. rangiferi are two distinct species.
ISSN:0304-4017
1873-2550
DOI:10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00013-7