Species Nematodirus filicollis (Rudolphi, 1802)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ascaris filicollis Rudolphi, C.A. 1802. Fortsetzung der Beobachtungen über die Eingewiedewürmer. Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie 2: 1-67 [23].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (no type known), Germany.

  Type host:

   Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 [Bovidae]
• Nematodirus furcatus May, H.G. 1920. Observations on the nematode genus Nematodirus with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58: 577-588 [582].

Generic Combinations

• Nematodirus filicollis (Rudolphi, 1802). —
  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 [4]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan in sheep and goats

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Capra hircus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Goat; Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Sheep).

Extra Ecological Information

In small intestine

General References

Anderson, N. 1972. Trichostrongylid infections of sheep in a winter rainfall region. I. Epizootiological studies in the Western District of Victoria. 1966-67. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 23: 1113-1129 (Australian records)

Beveridge, I., Pullman, A.L., Henzell, R. & Martin, R.R. 1987. Helminth parasites of feral goats in South Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal 64: 111-112 (Australian records)

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

McKenzie, R.A., Green, P.E., Thornton, A.M. & Blackall, P.J. 1979. Feral goats and infectious disease: an abattoir survey. Australian Veterinary Journal 55: 441-442 (Australian records)

Obendorf, D.L., Parsons, J. & Nicholls, J. 1986. An egg development test for the evaluation of benzimidazole resistance in Nematodirus spathiger. Australian Veterinary Journal 63: 382-383

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

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

Southcott, W.H., Major, G.W. & Barger, I.A. 1976. Seasonal pasture contamination and availability of nematodes for grazing sheep. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 27: 277-286

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