Research was initiated in 1983 to investigate the ecology of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis in New Brunswick. The objectives were to determine the prevalence and intensity of infection in white-tailed deer, and to determine whether or not moose feces contained first stage larvae, signifying the completion of the life cycle of P. tenuis in this host. Forty-nine percent of deer pellet samples were positive and 60% of deer heads contained adults of P. tenuis. None of the moose pellet samples contained first stage larvae.
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1 October 1987
Parelaphostrongylus tenuis in New Brunswick: The Parasite in White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and Moose (Alces alces)
Susan M. Upshall,
M. D. B. Burt,
T. G. Dilworth
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 23 • No. 4
October 1987
Vol. 23 • No. 4
October 1987
Alces alces
meningeal worm
moose
moose sickness
Odocoileus virginianus
Parelaphostrongylus tenuis
white-tailed deer