Fourteen woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus terraenovae) were released into a game reserve occupied by white-tailed deer (Odocoiles virginianus) with a high prevalence of the meningeal worm (Parelapostrongylus tenius). Within 6 months all of the caribou had succumbed to this parasite. The clinical, pathological, and epizootiological findings associated with this die-off are described.
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1 October 1973
CARIBOU MORTALITY DUE TO THE MENINGEAL WORM (Parelapostrongylus tenuis)
DANIEL O. TRAINER