| pattern of abomasal helminths in fallow deer farming in umbria (central italy). | five helminth species were seen in the abomasa of 29 farmed fallow deer. spiculopteragia asymmetrica was most common in both prevalence (96.6%) and abundance (166.2). ostertagia drozdzi, ostertagia arctica and spiculopteragia quadrispiculata were also recovered with high prevalence (79.3-93.1%); trichostrongylus axei was sporadic (3.4%). yearlings had worm counts of 496-1480, adult males of 168-1720 and females of 18-2008. for nine of 13 deer, the faecal egg counts were negative and post-mortem ... | 1993 | 8493770 |