Species Cooperia punctata (Linstow in Schnyder, 1907)

Museums

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• 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 and IMCRA regions

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

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