Infection of roe-deer in France by the lung nematode, Dictyocaulus eckerti Skrjabin, 1931 (Trichostrongyloidea): influence of environmental factors and host density.
The prevalence of the lungworm, Dictyocaulus eckerti, was studied in a sample of 603 roe-deer (Capreolus capreolus) in the Rhone district of France. The mean prevalence of infection (17%) in deer in a given area fluctuated according to the percentage of the area covered with forest, or lake and river. The density of roe-deer or domestic ruminants, the type of forest and the maximum elevation of the site were not related to the prevalence of infection.
D000818:Animals; D003670:Deer / Q000469:parasitology*; D004022:Dictyocaulus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004777:Environment; D005602:France; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*