Distribution of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in white-tailed deer from Oklahoma.
The meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) was found in 75 of 190 (39%) white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) examined in Oklahoma from 1977-81. Infections were found in deer from southeastern mixed forest, oak-hickory forest, oak-bluestem parkland and oak-hickory parkland, and not in deer from western bluestem prairie, bluestem-grama prairie and grama-buffalo grass ecoregions. Factors which may influence the distribution of meningeal worm in Oklahoma include distribution and densities of suitable snail hosts and deer feeding habits.
D000818:Animals; D003670:Deer / Q000469:parasitology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D008578:Meninges / Q000469:parasitology; D008681:Metastrongyloidea; D009825:Oklahoma; D011156:Population Density; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014197:Trees