The meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) was found in 22 (7%) of 300 white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) (257 adults, 43 fawns) examined from Nebraska (USA) during November 1996. None of 53 mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) (47 adults and 6 fawns) examined were infected. Twenty-two white-tailed deer from 18 counties in eastern Nebraska were infected with Parelaphostrongylus tenuis. This is the first record of P. tenuis in white-tailed deer from this state.
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1 January 1999
Meningeal Worm in Free-Ranging Deer in Nebraska
David W. Oates,
Mauritz C. Sterner,
David J. Steffen
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 35 • No. 1
January 1999
Vol. 35 • No. 1
January 1999
meningeal worm
mule deer
Odocoileus hemionus
Odocoileus virginianus
Parelaphostrongylus tenuis
survey
white-tailed deer