Meningeal worm-induced neurologic disease in black-tailed deer.
Neurologic disease attributable to Parelaphostrongylus tenuis was diagnosed in five black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) relocated from Oregon to Tennessee. Mortality occurred in the pre-release enclosure and in the release area. Infection with P. tenuis was considered the cause of an unsuccessful stocking attempt. In addition, neurologic disease was produced by experimental infection of a black-tailed x white-tailed deer hybrid. Clinical and pathologic findings were described for black-tailed and hybrid deer, and epizootiologic aspects of P. tenuis infections were discussed.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003670:Deer; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008681:Metastrongyloidea; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology