Elaeophora is also a synonym for the plant genus Plukenetia.
Elaeophora
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Nematoda
Class:
Chromadorea
Order:
Rhabditida
Family:
Onchocercidae
Genus:
Elaeophora Railliet & Henry 1912
Type species
Elaeophora poeli
(Vryburg 1879) Railliet and Henry 1912
Species
Elaeophora abramovi
Elaeophora bohmi
Elaeophora elaphi
Elaeophora linglingense
Elaeophora poeli
Elaeophora sagitta
Elaeophora schneideri
Elaeophora is a genus of parasitic nematodes which live attached to the interior surfaces of major arteries, veins and/or heart chambers in various large mammal hosts. Infestation with Elaeophora species is referred to as elaeophorosis. The species of Elaeophora have been found in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Despite the fact that they produce aneurysms in the arteries and heart of their hosts which measure up to 2 cm in diameter, overt clinical symptoms of infestation are seldom reported, with the notable exception of E. schneideri infestation in sheep, elk, and moose.[1]
^Pence, D.B. (1991) Elaeophorosis in wild ruminants. Bulletin of the Society for Vector Ecology 16(1):149-160.
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