Publications

detection of anti-parelaphostrongylus tenuis antibodies in experimentally infected and free-ranging moose (alces alces).	confirming parelaphostrongylus tenuis infection in moose (alces alces) and other susceptible hosts is difficult. an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) was developed using the excretory-secretory (es) products of third-stage p. tenuis larvae (es-elisa) and the test applied to serum samples obtained from seven moose calves (5-9.5 mo old) given infective larvae (l3) in doses approximating those likely to be received in nature (3-30 l3). anti-p. tenuis immunoglobulin g antibodies were detecte ...	2002	12528449
nova scotia moose mystery--a moose sickness related to cobalt- and vitamin b12 deficiency.	a wasting, debilitating disease with uncertain aetiology affecting moose (alces alces americana) in eastern north america has been reported repeatedly ever since the 1910s. despite the intensive studies during 1930-1960s the cause of the sickness could not be established. in the 1960s a parasitic nematode (parelaphostrongylus tenuis) was reported as constituting a probable explanation for the sickness, although several clinical and pathological signs remained unexplained. in sweden, a moose dise ...	2004	14654277