The distribution of Fascioloides magna in game-ranched elk and the potential for spread of the parasite through movement of infected animals was examined in Montana (USA). Fecal samples (n = 448) collected from captive elk on 29 game ranches were examined for eggs of F. magna by fecal sedimentation. Eggs were detected in elk on 5 ranches. This suggests that F. magna has been translocated by infected game-ranched elk. The wide distribution of snail intermediate hosts for F. magna in Montana indicates a potential to spread the parasite to other captive cervids, domestic livestock or free-ranging wildlife.
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1 October 1997
Fascioloidiasis in Game-ranched Elk from Montana
Brian R. Hood,
Matthew C. Rognlie,
Stuart E. Knapp
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 33 • No. 4
October 1997
Vol. 33 • No. 4
October 1997
Cervus elaphus
elk
Fascioloides magna
game ranch
snails
transmission