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larvae of elaphostrongylus cervi in a population of free-living red deer in italy.hunter-killed red deer (n = 68; cervus elaphus) harvested from the italian provinces of bologna (emilia romagna) and pistoia (tuscany) (44 degrees 00'n 11 degrees 00'e) from october 2001 to january 2002 were examined for protostrongylid larvae. twenty-eight animals (41%) had protostrongylid larvae in feces, lungs, and inguinal and iliac lymph nodes. of these 28 animals, 20 were adults (71%), four were yearlings (14%), and four were calves (14%). shape, length, width, and the location to the nema ...200617255458
first description of nodular onchocercosis (onchocerca jakutensis) in free-ranging italian red deer (cervus elaphus).onchocercosis is a vector-transmitted parasitic disease involving wild and domestic ungulates, humans, and dogs. red deer (cervus elaphus) host numerous onchocerca spp. which have precise anatomic sites in the host and two species, onchocerca flexuosa wedl, 1856 and onchocerca jakutensis guba-now, 1964, are found inside subcutaneous nodules. between september and november 2007, subcutaneous nodules were observed on both thighs in shot red deer of a tuscany population. we observed cystic structur ...201122102667
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