| prevalence of meningeal worm (parelaphostrongylus tenuis) in white-tailed deer from new hampshire. | parelaphostrongylus tenuis was found in 79 (62.2%) of 127 white-tailed deer heads (odocoileus virginianus) collected in new hampshire. prevalence of infection was higher in fawns and male deer, but older female deer (5.0 + years) had a higher intensity of infection (3.1) than any other age or sex class. male deer in forest cover type 2 (northern hardwoods-hemlock-white pine) had a significantly greater prevalence of infection than the females in the same habitat (p less than .05). adult females ... | 1978 | 633521 |