A host-parasite checklist of helminths of wild ruminants in New Zealand

Andrews, J. R. H.

doi:10.1080/00480169.1973.34071

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“…Red deer and Roe deer are primarily reservoir hosts of S. spiculoptera [10] but domestic livestock and other wild ungulates can be infected [2,32,34]. Recent contamination of other deer species such as white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virgianus) has also been reported [32].…”

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“…Primarily regarded as a pathogen of wild ruminants, Spiculopteragia spiculoptera is also reported, but less often, as a parasite of sheep, goats and cattle [2,10,32,34]. The hypothesis of male polymorphism, however, renders its taxonomy and systematics confusing, especially for the potential survey of its distribution pattern among domestic livestock and reservoir hosts.…”

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Spiculopteragia mathevossianiRuchliadev, 1948 is the minor morph ofSpiculopteragia spiculoptera(Gushanskaya, 1931): molecular evidence

2006

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-Although Spiculopteragia spiculoptera is primarily a parasite of cervids, it can also but less often contaminate domestic livestock. Little is known about its epidemiology and its pathogenicity in domestic ruminants and other unusual cervid species. Its taxonomic status remains unclear since the hypothesis of morphological polymorphism among males has been proposed. However, accurate taxonomy is fundamental in the identification and survey of potentially pathogenic species of parasites. The second internal transcribed spacer of rDNA (ITS-2) and the mitochondrial (mt) DNA-derived ND4 gene were used to study the polymorphism hypothesis for S. spiculoptera. ND4 evolves more quickly than ITS-2 and is considered to be more discriminant in the characterization of closely related species. DNA sequences of ITS-2 and ND4 were studied in 18 individual males of morphological type spiculoptera and in 3 of morphological type of mathevossiani from Red deer (Cervus elaphus), Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra). Intraindividual ITS-2 variations were detected within and between each morphotype of Spiculopteragia but these differences did not separate the two morphs mathevossiani and spiculoptera. Similarly, although ND4 showed a high level of nucleotide substitution, the morphotypes S. mathevossiani and S. spiculoptera were clustered together. Our genetic data support the dimorphic male hypothesis for the species S. spiculoptera. mitochondrial DNA / second internal transcribed spacer (ITS-2) / Spiculopteragia spiculoptera / Spiculopteragia mathevossiani / polymorphism

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Spiculopteragia mathevossianiRuchliadev, 1948 is the minor morph ofSpiculopteragia spiculoptera(Gushanskaya, 1931): molecular evidence

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“…The first studies of parasites of deer in New Zealand were published by Andrews in the 1960s and 1970s (Andrews 1963(Andrews , 1964(Andrews , 1969(Andrews , 1971(Andrews , 1973a. This work was principally a taxonomic study of the parasites of wild deer.…”

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Parasites of deer in New Zealand

Mason¹

1994

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

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The majority of the deer farmed in New Zealand are Cervus elaphus, including the European red deer, North American wapiti, and their hybrids. There is a smaller but significant number of fallow deer (Dama dama) being farmed. Numbers of other species of farmed deer are insignificant. The parasites recorded from deer in New Zealand are listed and comments made about their significance, if known. From the point of view of animal health, the most important parasite is the lungworm Dictyocaulus viviparus. The tissue worm, Elaphostrongylus cervi is important to the red deer industry, not because it causes animal health problems, but because its presence limits or prevents exports of live deer to some countries. Brief comments are made on "fading elk syndrome", efficacy of anthelmintics, and parasitological risks associated with the importation of deer.

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“…comm.). Although Spiculopteragia assymetrica has not been reported from white-tailed deer in the United States, it is listed as a parasite of white-tailed deer in New Zealand (Andrews, 1973).…”

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Population Health of Fallow Deer (Dama Dama) on Little St. Simons Island, Georgia, Usa

Morse

Miller

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Journal of Wildlife Diseases

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ABSTRACT:Fallow deer (Dama dama) were introduced to Little St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA in the 1920s and thrive at high population densities, to the exclusion of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginina). The presence of introduced pathogens and parasites as a result of their introduction is currently unknown, as is the impact of native disease on the exotic fallow deer. Hunter-killed fallow deer from 2003-2005 were necropsied and surveyed for evidence of infectious disease, parasitic agents, and toxicologic parameters. Fallow deer were positive for antibodies to bovine virus diarrhea virus I and II, bluetongue virus, and bovine adenovirus. Twenty species of bacteria were isolated from the internal organs, and 14 species of parasites were recovered including one abomasal nematode, Spiculopteragia asymmetrica, which is not known to occur in native North American ungulates. Concentrations of liver and copper were low, while lead, zinc, and iron were considered within normal levels. No clinical signs of disease were noted, and the overall health of the insular fallow deer was considered good.

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A host-parasite checklist of helminths of wild ruminants in New Zealand

Cited by 21 publications

References 7 publications

Spiculopteragia mathevossianiRuchliadev, 1948 is the minor morph ofSpiculopteragia spiculoptera(Gushanskaya, 1931): molecular evidence

Spiculopteragia mathevossianiRuchliadev, 1948 is the minor morph ofSpiculopteragia spiculoptera(Gushanskaya, 1931): molecular evidence

Parasites of deer in New Zealand

Population Health of Fallow Deer (Dama Dama) on Little St. Simons Island, Georgia, Usa

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