Elaeophora abramovi explained

Elaeophora abramovi is a nematode parasite found in the hepatic arteries of the Moose (Alces alces) in Russia.

Discovery and nomenclature

This species was first described in 1951 from adults found adhering to the inner wall of the hepatic arteries of a Russian Moose (Alces alces), and named Alcefilaria abramovi.^[1] In 1974, it was transferred to the genus Cordophilus,^[2] and in 1976 it was transferred to the genus Elaeophora.^[3] Consequently, some of the older literature on this species uses the genus names Alcefilaria or Cordophilus.

Hosts and geographic distribution

E. abramovi has been found in the hepatic arteries of European elk (Alces alces), Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and Red deer (Cervus elaphus), as discussed in.^[4] E. abramovi has only been found in Russia.

Life cycle

The life cycle of E. abramovi has not been studied.

Notes and References

1. Oshmarin, P.G. and E.V. Belous (1951) Notes on the filariae of wild animals. Trudy Gelmintologicheskoi Laboratorii, Akademiia Nauk SSSR 5:121-127 (in Russian)
2. Bain, O. and E. Haesevoets (1974) "Affinités entre deux filaires de l'appariel circulatoire, l'une parasite de bovidés, l'autre de cervidés: Cordophila sagittus (Linstow, 1907) et C. abramovi (Oshmarin et Belous, 1951) nov. comb." Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 49:119-122.
3. Anderson, R.C. and O. Bain (1976) "CIH Keys to the Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates." Commonwealth Agriculture Bureaux: Farnham, England, Vol. 3, pp. 59-116.
4. Hernandez Rodriguez, S., F. Martinez Gomez, and P. Gutierrez Palomino (1986) "Elaeophora elaphi n. sp. (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae) parasite of the Red Deer (Cervus elaphus), with a key of species of the genus Elaeophora." Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 61(4):457-463.