A search for Parelaphostrongylus andersoni in white-tailed deer from Maine.
Longissimus dorsi muscles from 42 white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from Maine (USA) were examined for the Parelaphostrongylus andersoni. No adult nematodes were found. Prevalence based on the Poisson approximation of a binomial distribution could have been between 0 and 9% (95% C.I.). However, based on prevalence documented elsewhere (10 to 18%), it is unlikely that P. andersoni occurs in white-tailed deer in central Maine.
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Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Maine, Orono 04469.
D000818:Animals; D016010:Binomial Distribution; D003670:Deer / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008281:Maine / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008681:Metastrongyloidea / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009132:Muscles / Q000469:parasitology*; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D015995:Prevalence; D011336:Probability