title: Prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths in domestic bison herds in northwestern Alberta.
abstract: A fecal survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal helminth eggs found in 431 domestic bison from 22 herds. Eggs detected (percent of herds affected in parentheses) were: strongyle-type (100%), Capillaria sp. (63.6%), Moniezia sp. (54.6%), Nematodirus sp. (50%), Trichuris sp. (40.9%), and Strongyloides sp. (9.1%).
authors.affiliation: Alberta Department of Agriculture Food and Rural Development, Food Safety Division, P.O. Box 197, Fairview, Alberta T0H 1L0.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Dies
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Coupland
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D016164:Bison / Q000469:parasitology*; D004064:Digestive System / Q000469:parasitology; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000662:veterinary; D015995:Prevalence; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary