| 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. | 2000 | 10941746 |