Publications
| failure to identify alveolar echinococcosis in trappers from south dakota in spite of high prevalence of echinococcus multilocularis in wild canids. | echinococcus multilocularis causes a rare but potentially lethal zoonotic disease in humans. this tapeworm has been known to be endemic in foxes (vulpes vulpes) and coyotes (canis latrans) within the northern united states since the 1960s. one purpose of this study was to provide recent data on the prevalence of e. multilocularis in foxes and coyotes from eastern south dakota. in a survey conducted from 1987 to 1991 and involving 137 foxes and 9 coyotes from this area, 74.5% of the foxes and 4 o ... | 2000 | 10701567 |
| sarcocystis of deer in south dakota. | the prevalence of sarcocystis in white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) and mule deer (o. hemionus) in south dakota was determined through microscopic examination of tongue samples. the percentage of sarcocystis infection for both species of deer was determined for prairies east of the missouri river, west of the missouri river, and black hills of western south dakota. sixteen percent (n = 62) of the white-tailed deer tongues from east river, 69% (n = 42) from west river, and 74% (n = 23) fr ... | 1982 | 6808161 |