Meningeal worm in deer from western Nebraska.
One hundred seventy-eight white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and 275 mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) collected from locker plants in the western 2/3 of Nebraska (USA) in November 1997 were examined for the meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis). Parelaphostrongylus tenuis was identified in 17 (10%) of 168 white-tailed deer and in one (<1%) of 273 mule deer. This is the first naturally occurring infection of P. tenuis recorded in a mule deer.
Oates
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Genetics and Forensics Analysis Laboratory, Wildlife Research Section, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Lincoln 68503-0370, USA. doates@ngpc.state.ne.us
Sterner
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Boyd
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D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D003670:Deer / Q000469:parasitology*; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008681:Metastrongyloidea / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009329:Nebraska / Q000453:epidemiology; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*