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distribution of meningeal worm (parelaphostrongylus tenuis) in south dakota.heads of hunter-harvested deer (odocoileus sp.) and elk (cervus elaphus) were collected from meat processing plants throughout south dakota (usa) from 1997 through 1999 to determine distribution of meningeal worm (parelaphostrongylus tenuis) in eastern and western south dakota. a total of 2,848 white-tailed deer (wtd) were examined for p. tenuis, of which 578 (20.3%) were infected with the parasite. of 578 deer infected, 570 (98.6%) were harvested east of the missouri river. our results indicate ...200415137501
influence of ecologic factors on prevalence of meningeal worm (parelaphostrongylus tenuis) infection in south dakota, usa.the meningeal worm (parelaphostrongylus tenuis) is a nematode parasite that commonly infects white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus; wtd) throughout the deciduous forest biome and deciduous-coniferous ecotone of eastern and central north america; the species is not known to occur west of the grassland biome of central north america. we used county-specific prevalence data to evaluate potential effects of landscape and climatologic factors on the spatial distribution of meningeal worm infectio ...201525588013
parelaphostrongyliasis in white-tailed deer in missouri.the heads of 137 white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) were collected on the opening day of the 1996 missouri (usa) fire-arms deer season and surveyed for the presence of meningeal worm (parelaphostrongylus tenuis). eighteen percent of the deer examined were infected. mean intensity of infection was 2.0 (range 1-7). there were no significant differences of infection or mean intensity when deer were classified and compared according to sex or age class.200010941746
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