Elaphostrongylus is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Protostrongylidae.[2]
Intermediate hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp. are terrestrial gastropods and they include:
Experimental hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp. can also be freshwater snails.[2] For example Lymnaea stagnalis has been experimentally infected with Elaphostrongylus rangiferi.[3]
Elaphostrongylus spp. causes cerebral nematodiasis.[2] Definitive host include Cervidae: moose Alces alces,[2] Cervus elaphus and reindeer Rangifer tarandus.
Elaphostrongylus is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Protostrongylidae.