Eustrongyloides Jagerskiold, 1909

Kirjusina, Muza, Paidere, Jana, Rubenina, Ilze, Kecko, Sanita, Bricis, Reinis, Mežaraupe, Ligita & Gavarane, Inese, 2023, Common Freshwater Fish Nematodes In Latvia, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis (Sao Paulo, Brazil) 23 (2), pp. 189-206 : 191-192

Genus Eustrongyloides Jagerskiold, 1909

Eustrongyloides excisus Jägerskiöld, 1909 larva

A rare species found in single specimens in the abdominal muscles of pike and pike perch in two lakes by S.S. Shulman (1949). Eustrongylides have indirect life cycles involving a definitive host and two intermediate hosts. Definitive hosts are aquatic birds mostly Family Ardeidae , Anseriformes, Gaviiformes and Pelecaniformes . First intermediate hosts are water oligochaetes of the Tubifіcidae and Lumbriculidae families, as well as Limnodrilus spp. and second- benthophagous fish. Reptiles, amphibians and mammals can be infected accidentally ( Paperna 1974, Lichtenfels & Stroup 1985, Youssefi et al. 2020). Infected fish show symptoms such as aberrant behavior, convulsions and surfacing ( Coyner et al. 2001).

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Muza Kirjusina , Jana Paidere, Ilze Rubenina, Sanita Kecko, Reinis Bricis, Ligita Mežaraupe, Inese Gavarane