| experimentally induced fasciola hepatica infections in black-tailed deer. | the susceptibility of black-tailed deer (odocoileus hemionus columbianus) to the common liver fluke (f. hepatica) was studied. two deer and one sheep comprised each of three experimental groups. animals in each group were inoculated individually with 250, 500, or 1000 f. hepatica metacercariae. one deer and one sheep given 1000 metacercariae died with lesions consistent with black disease 7 weeks after inoculation. at necropsy 6 or 15 weeks postinoculation, the mean percentage recovery of the in ... | 1975 | 1142555 |