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Title: AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST, BY GENUS AND SPECIES, OF 93 SPECIES LEVEL NAMES FOR51 RECOGNIZED SPECIES OF SMALL STRONGYLES (NEMATODA: STRONGYLOIDEA: CYATHO-STOMINEA) OR HORSES, ASSES AND ZEBRAS OF THE WORLD

Author
item Lichtenfels, James
item KHARCHENKO, V - NAT'L ACAD SCI., UKRAINE
item KRECEK, R - UNIV PRETORIA, SO AFRICA
item GIBBONS, L - UNIV LONDON, UK

Submitted to: Veterinary Parasitology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/17/1998
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: Strongyloid nematodes are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in equines in the United States. Resistance to antiparasitic drugs (currently the only means of controlling the nematode disease in horses) is common and alternative control methods for these parasites are needed to protect horses in the United States. Considerable research is underway worldwide to develop improved control strategies. This research requires the identification of the 51 nematode species that are parasitic in the large intestine and caecum of horses. This report provides an internationally sanctioned list of scientific names to be used for all research on controlling these economically important nematodes. These names provide a system for storing and retrieving all information on these parasites.

Technical Abstract: The results of an international collaborative effort to prepare a recommended list of scientific names for the small strongyles (Nematoda: Strongyloidea: Cyathostominea) of horses, donkeys and zebras are reported. Fifty-one valid species are recognized in 13 genera, including Cyathostomum, Coronocyclus, Cylicodontophorus, Cylicocyclus, Cylicostephanus, Skrjabinodentus, Tridentoinfundibulum, Petrovinema, Poteriostomum, Parapoteriostomum, Hsiungia, Cylindropharynx and Caballonema. In addition, 42 other species level names are listed as synonyms of the 51 recognized species or as species inquirenda (10 species) or nomina nuda (1 species). Numerous annotations provide information on the nomenclatorial and systematics status and additional studies needed.