• Cooperia Ransom, B.H. 1907. Notes on parasitic nematodes including descriptions of new genera and species and observations on life histories. Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture and Animal Industry Circular 116: 1-52 [3].

  Type species:

   Strongylus curticei Giles, 1892 by original designation.
• Cooperioides Daubney 1933. Trichostrongylid nematodes from sheep in Kenya. Parasitology 25: 224-241 [234].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

History of changes

• Strongylus curticei Giles, G.M. 1892. A description of two new nematode parasites found in sheep. Memoirs of Medical Officers of the Army of India 7: 45-49 [49].

  Type data:

   Status unknown
  Comment: no type designated.

  Type host:

   Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Cooperia curticei (Giles, 1892). —
  Ransom, B.H. 1907. Notes on parasitic nematodes including descriptions of new genera and species and observations on life histories. Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture and Animal Industry Circular 116: 1-52 [3]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Described from United States; also in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, Russia.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Bovis taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Cattle; Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) [PHALANGERIDAE] Common Brushtail Possum; Capra hircus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Goat; Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Sheep).

Extra Ecological Information

In small intestine.

General References

Edgar, G. 1933. Some observations on trichostrongylosis in young sheep. Australian Veterinary Journal 9: 149-154

Edgar, G. 1936. Fatal effects of heavy infestation with Cooperia curticei (Railliet, 1893) in goats. Australian Veterinary Journal 12: 58-61

Gordon, H.M. & Sommerville, R.I. 1958. New records of nematode parasites in Australia. Australian Journal of Science 21: 148-149

Roberts, F.H.S. 1936. The distribution of the gastro-intestinal parasites of sheep in Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 46: 30-37

Rogers, W.P. 1939. Nematode parasites of sheep in Western Australia. Journal of Helminthology 17: 151-158

Seddon, H.R. & McGrath, T.T. 1931. Observations on conditions requisite for ther transmission of gastro-intestinal nematodes of sheep. Veterinary Research Report, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales 6: 40-57

History of changes

• Cooperia mcmasteri Gordon, H.M. 1932. Some helminth parasites reported from Australia for the first time, with a description of Cooperia mcmasteri, sp.nov., from a calf. Australian Veterinary Journal 8: 2-12 [8].

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] European Cattle; Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Sheep).

History of changes

• Strongylus oncophorus Railliet, A. 1898. Rectification de la nomenclature d'après les travaux récents. Recueil de Médecine Véterinaire de l'École d'Alfort 75: 171-174 [173].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (no type indicated), none indicated.

  Type host:

   Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [Bovidae]
• Cooperia surnabada Antipin, D.N. 1931. Cooperia surnabada n.sp. aus den Dündarm des Rindes Azerbaidjans. Deutsche Tierärztliche Wochenschrift 39: 469-471 [469].

Generic Combinations

• Cooperia oncophora (Railliet, 1898). —
  Ransom, B.H. 1907. Notes on parasitic nematodes including descriptions of new genera and species and observations on life histories. Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture and Animal Industry Circular 116: 1-52 [3]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] European Cattle; Liopholis striata (Sternfeld, 1919) [SCINCIDAE] Night Skink; Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Sheep).

Extra Ecological Information

In small intestine.

General References

Beveridge, I. & Ford, G.E. 1982. The trichostrongyloid parasites of sheep in South Australia and their regional distribution. Australian Veterinary Journal 59: 177-179 (Australian records)

Gordon, H.M. 1932. Some helminth parasites reported from Australia for the first time, with a description of Cooperia mcmasteri, sp.nov., from a calf. Australian Veterinary Journal 8: 2-12 (Australian records)

Isenstein, R.S. 1971. The polymorphic relationship of Cooperia oncophora (Railliet, 1898) Ransom, 1907, to Cooperia surnabada Antipin, 1931 (Nematoda: Trichostrongylidae). International Journal for Parasitology 57: 316-319 (C. surnabada as a morph of C. oncophora)

Roberts, F.H.S. 1936. The distribution of the gastro-intestinal parasites of sheep in Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 46: 30-37 (Australian records)

History of changes

• Cooperia pectinata Ransom, B.H. 1907. Notes on parasitic nematodes including descriptions of new genera and species and observations on life histories. Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture and Animal Industry Circular 116: 1-52 [3].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNPC 4208, Texas, USA.

  Type host:

   Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE]
• Cooperia nicolli Baylis, A.H. 1929. Two new species of Cooperia (Nematoda) from Australian cattle. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 529-535 [530].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] European Cattle; Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Sheep).

Extra Ecological Information

In small intestine.

General References

Banks, A.W. & Korthals, V.S. 1959. Risk of worm disease in cattle moved from dry country to lush pasture. Australian Veterinary Journal 35: 460-462

Beveridge, I. & Ford, G.E. 1982. The trichostrongyloid parasites of sheep in South Australia and their regional distribution. Australian Veterinary Journal 59: 177-179

Edgar, G. 1933. Some observations on trichostrongylosis in young sheep. Australian Veterinary Journal 9: 149-154

Fabiyi, J.P. & Copeman, D.B. 1989. Inhibited development of trichostrongylid worms in grazing cattle. Australian Veterinary Journal 66: 240-242

Roberts, F.H.S. 1936. The distribution of the gastro-intestinal parasites of sheep in Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 46: 30-37

History of changes

• Strongylus punctatus Linstow, O. in Schnyder, O. 1907. Eine neue Strongylusart. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde und Infektionskrankheiten I. Abt Origin. 43: 708-709 [709].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Switzerland.

  Type host:

   Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [Bovidae]
• Cooperia fieldingi Baylis, A.H. 1929. Two new species of Cooperia (Nematoda) from Australian cattle. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 529-535 [532].

Generic Combinations

• Cooperia punctata (Linstow in Schnyder, 1907). —
  Ransom, B.H. 1907. Notes on parasitic nematodes including descriptions of new genera and species and observations on life histories. Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture and Animal Industry Circular 116: 1-52 [3]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Pogona (Mitchelli) minor Badham, 1976 [AGAMIDAE] Dwarf Bearded Dragon; Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] European Cattle; Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Sheep).

Extra Ecological Information

In small intestine.

General References

Banks, A.W. & Korthals, V.S. 1959. Risk of worm disease in cattle moved from dry country to lush pasture. Australian Veterinary Journal 35: 460-462

Edgar, G. 1933. Some observations on trichostrongylosis in young sheep. Australian Veterinary Journal 9: 149-154

Gordon, H.M. 1932. Some helminth parasites reported from Australia for the first time, with a description of Cooperia mcmasteri, sp.nov., from a calf. Australian Veterinary Journal 8: 2-12

Roberts, F.H.S. 1936. The distribution of the gastro-intestinal parasites of sheep in Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 46: 30-37

History of changes

• Cooperia spatulata Baylis, H.A. 1938. A new species of Cooperia (Nematoda) from cattle and sheep. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 1: 68-73 [69].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1935.3.11.56-70, Seremban, Malaysia.

  Type host:

   Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [Bovidae]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

North America, Africa, Malaysia.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] European Cattle; Ctenotus grandis Storr, 1969 [SCINCIDAE] Grand Ctenotus).

General References

Roberts, F.H.S. 1939. The occurrence and prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths in apparently healthy cattle in Queensland. Journal of Comparative Pathology 52: 160-165 (Australian records)

Walker, M.L. & Becklund, W.W. 1968. A note on the morphology of Cooperia punctata (Linstow, 1907) and Cooperia spatulata Baylis, 1938. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 35: 49-51 (additional morphological data)

History of changes