Prenatal infection of the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis c. canadensis) of Alberta with the lungworm Protostrongylus spp.
First- and third-stage (infective) larvae of Protostrongylus spp. were recovered from the livers of four fetuses of the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep of Alberta. This record suggests a more cosmopolitan distribution of prenatal infection with lungworms in bighorn sheep than suspected previously.
D000416:Alberta; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D008681:Metastrongyloidea; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*