A gigantic Protostrongylus, P. africanus sp.nov., and other lung nematodes of antelopes in the Serengeti, Tanzania

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Abstract
It was found that antelopes in the Serengeti area, Tanzania, East Africa, are heavily infested with lung nematodes. Five species of the family Protostrongylidae, namely, Protostrongylus africanus sp.nov., P. etoshai Ortlepp, P. gazellae Yeh, Pneumostrongylus calcaratus Mönnig and P. cornigerus Ortlepp, as well as one species of the family Dictyocaulidae, Dictycaulus viviparus (Bloch), were recorded.A detailed description of Protostrongylus africanus sp.nov., which is conspicuous for its gigantic size, is given, and the lesions caused by this lung nematode are described.The distribution and incidence of lung nematodes in the various antelope species are discussed.

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