Species Trichostrongylus colubriformis Giles, 1892
- Strongylus colubriformis 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 [45].
Type data:
Status unknown, (no types known), Shilong (Assam) and Sanawar (Punjab) (no single locality designated).Type host:
Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 [Bovidae] - Strongylus instabilis Railliet, A. 1895. Traité de Zoologie Médicale et Agricole. Part I. Paris : Asselin et Houzeau. [442].
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan in domestic ruminants
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Axis axis (Erxleben, 1777) [CERVIDAE] Chital Deer; Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) [PHALANGERIDAE] Common Brushtail Possum; Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778 [LEPORIDAE] European Brown Hare; Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] European Cattle; Capra hircus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Goat; Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human; Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 [SUIDAE] Pig; Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) [LEPORIDAE] Rabbit; Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Sheep).
Extra Ecological Information
In small intestine
General References
Allworth, A.M. & Robson, J.M.B. 1995. Human trichostrongyliasis in Queensland. Pathology 27: 182-185 (Australian records)
Bearup, A.J. & Bolliger, A. 1949. Trichostrongylus infections in the common phalanger (Trichosurus vulpecula). Australian Journal of Science 12: 75-76 (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)
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)
Chaneet, G.C. de & Dunsmore, J.D. 1988. Climate and the distribution of Trichostrongylus spp. of sheep. Veterinary Parasitology 26: 273-283 (Australian records)
Gordon, H.M. 1933. Some ovine trichostrongylids reported from Australia for the first time, with a description of Trichostrongylus longispicularis sp. nov. from a sheep. Australian Veterinary Journal 9: 34-37 (Australian records)
Hesterman, E.R. & Kogon, C. 1963. Endoparasites of the wild hare, Lepus europaeus Pallas, in the Australian Capital Territory, with a note on breeding. CSIRO Wildlife Research 8: 21-27 (Australian records)
Heydon, G.A.M. & Bearup, A.J. 1939. A further case of human infection with Trichostrongylus colubriformis in New South Wales. Medical Journal of Australia 1939(1): 694 (Australian record)
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)
Presidente, P.J.A. 1984. Parasites and diseases of brushtail possums (Trichosurus spp.): occurrence and significance. pp. 171-190 in Smith, A. & Hume, I. (eds). Possums and Gliders. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons, Australian Mammal Society 598 pp.
Presidente, P.J.A. 1984. Parasites of farmed and free-ranging deer in Australia. University of Sydney Postgraduate Committee in Veterinary Science. Proceedings of the Refresher Course for Veterinarians 72: 623-643 (Australian records)
Roberts, F.H.S. 1934. Worm parasites of domestic animals in Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 41: 245-252 (Australian records)
Roberts, F.H.S. 1935. Helminth parasites of domesticated animals in Queensland. Further records of occurrence. Queensland Agricultural Journal 44: 299-300 (Australian records)
Roberts, F.H.S. 1936. The distribution of the gastro-intestinal parasites of sheep in Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 46: 30-37 (Australian records)
Roberts, F.H.S. 1940. Notes on some helminths infesting domestic animals in Queensland. Australian Veterinary Journal 16: 30-33 (Australian records)
Stott, P., O'Callaghan, M., Phillips, P. & Verbyla, A. 2009. The experimental establishment of ruminant nematodes in European hares (Lepus europaeus). Veterinary Parasitology 159: 82-85
History of changes
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| 05-Aug-2022 | RHABDITIDA Chitwood, 1933 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 22-Mar-2022 | CHROMADOREA Inglis, 1983 | 22-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
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