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Dictyocaulus viviparus

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Synonym(s): lung worm, lungworm, husk, hoose, verminous pneumonia, bronchitis

Introduction

Classification

Taxonomy

  • Phylum: Nematoda.
  • Class: Secernentea.
  • Superfamily: Trichostrongyloidea.

Distribution

  • Worldwide.
  • Important in high-rainfall temperate climates.

Significance

  • Dictyocaulus viviparus is an economically important parasitic infection of the bovine respiratory causing bronchitis and pneumonia characterized by widespread coughing, tachypnea and dyspnea.
  • Heavy infections can result in death.

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Further Reading

Publications

Refereed Papers

  • Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.
  • Gozdzik K, Engström A, Höglund J (2012) Optimization of in-house ELISA based on recombinant major sperm protein (rMSP) of Dictyocaulus viviparus for the detection of lungworm infection in cattle. Res Vet Sci 93, 813-818 PubMed.
  • Schunn A-M, Forbes A, Schnieder T & Strube C (2012) Validation of a Dictyocaulus viviparus MSP-ELISA and cut-off adjustment in a one-year longitudinal field study in dairy cattle herds. Vet Parasitol 189, 291-298 PubMed.
  • Holzhauer M, van Schaik G, Saatkamp H W & Ploeger H W (2011) Lungworm outbreaks in adult dairy cows: estimating economic losses and lessons to be learned. Vet Rec 169, 494 PubMed.
  • Fiedor C, Strube C, Forbes A, Buschbaum S, Klewer A-M, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G & Schnieder T (2009) Evaluation of a milk ELISA for the serodiagnosis of Dictyocaulus viviparus in dairy cows. Vet Parasitol 166, 255-261 PubMed.
  • Eysker M, Claessens E W, Lam T J G M, Moons M J & Pijpers A (1994) The prevalence of patent lungworm infections in herds of dairy cows in the Netherlands. Vet Parasitol 53, 263-267 PubMed.
  • Eysker M (1991) Direct measurement of dispersal of Dictyocaulus viviparus in sporangia of Pilobolus species. Res Vet Sci 50, 29-32 PubMed.
  • Wassall D A (1991) Use of an ELISA for serodiagnosis of parasitic bronchitis in cattle. Vet Rec 129, 353-355 PubMed.
  • Eysker M & van Miltenburg L (1988) Epidemiological patterns of gastrointestinal and lung helminth infections in grazing calves in the Netherlands. Vet Parasitol 41, 127-135 PubMed.
  • Jørgensen R J (1981) Studies on the lungworm Dictyocaulus viviparus (Bloch, 1792) and its epidemiology in young cattle with a description of an attempt to prevent parasitic bronchitis. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 76, 1–77.
  • Michael J K, Mackenzie A (1965) Duration of the acquired resistance of calves to infection with Dicytocaulus viviparus. Res Vet Sci 6, 344-395 PubMed.
  • Parker W H (1963) Lungworm infection in cattle-Control and Treatment. JAVMA 142, 743-750 PubMed.
  • Jarrett W F H, Jennings F W, McIntyre W L M, Mulligan W & Urquhart G M (1960) Immunological studies on Dictyocaulus viviparus infection Immunity produced by the administration of irradiated larvae. Immunology 3, 145-151 PubMed.
  • Michel J F (1959) Recent progress in the study of parasitic bronchitis. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England 120, 28-44.
  • Jarrett W F H, McIntyre W L M & Urquhart G M (1957) Husk in Cattle. A review of a year’s work. Vet Rec 66, 665-692.
  • Jarrett W F H, McIntyre W I M, Jennings F W & Mulligan W (1957) The natural history of parasitic bronchitis with notes on prophylaxisand treatment. Vet Rec 69, 1329-1336.
  • Michel J F & Rose J H (1954) Some observations on the free living stages of the cattle lungworm in relation to their natural environment. J Comp Pathol Thera 64, 195-205 PubMed.
  • Soliman K N (1953) Migration route of Dictyocaulus viviparus and D. filaria infective larvae to the lungs. J Comp Pathol 63, 75-84 PubMed.

Other sources of information

  • Taylor M A, Coop R L & Wall R L (2016) Chapter 8 - Parasites of Cattle: Dictyocaulus viviparus. In: Veterinary Parasitology. 4th edn. John Wiley & Sons, UK. pp 380-382.
  • Van Dijk (2004) The epidemiology and control of dictyocaulosis in cattle. Cattle Practice 12 (2), 133-143.
  • David G (1999) Strategies for the control of parasitic bronchitis in cattle. In Practice 21, 62-68

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