LARVAL STAGE OF ELAPHOSTRONGYLUS CERVI (NEMATODA: PROTOSTRONGYLIDAE) IN THE TERRITORY OF BELARUS

   The aim of the study was species identification of nematodes from the family Protostrongylidae parasitizing on red deer from enclosures of the Vileiskaya, Zhlobin, Lyubanskaya Svetlogovskaya and Kalinkovichi regional organizational structures. From the material collected in 2019, morphometric characteristics of larvae were used for species identification. As a result, we
identified nematodes belonging to Elaphostrongylus cervi Cameron, 1931. The species parasitize in the brain and intermuscular connective tissue of red deer, causing the disease elaphostrongylosis, known as one of the most pathogenic for ungulates.

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