| muellerius capillaris (mueller, 1889) (nematoda: protostrongylidae): an unusual finding in rocky mountain bighorn sheep (ovis canadensis canadensis shaw) in south dakota. | lungs and fecal samples from nine hunter-killed rocky mountain bighorn sheep were examined for lungworms. all samples contained adults and/or larvae of muellerius capillaris (mueller, 1889). protostrongylus spp., the lungworms commonly reported from bighorn sheep, were not present in any samples. larvae of m. capillaris bear a spine on the dorsal side of the posterior end and are shorter than dorsal-spined larvae of other lungworms recorded from north american ungulates. larvae similar in shape ... | 1984 | 6530714 |
| muellerius capillaris dominates the lungworm community of bighorn sheep at the national bison range, montana. | lungworm infections are common among bighorn sheep (ovis canadensis) in north america, and the predominant species reported are protostrongylus stilesi and p. rushi. the only records of another lungworm species, muellerius capillaris, infecting bighorns come from south dakota, usa. at the national bison range (nbr), montana, usa we found that across six sampling periods, 100% of wild bighorn sheep surveyed were passing first-stage dorsal-spined larvae (dsl) which appeared to be consistent with m ... | 2010 | 20688711 |