Pneumostrongylus Tenuis in Moose on a Deer-Free Island
Karns PD and Jordan PA. 1969. Pneumostrongylus Tenuis in Moose on a Deer-Free Island. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 33(2):431-433
Analysis of fresh moose (Alces alces) feces from Isle Royale, Michigan, a deer-free island in Lake Superior, and northeastern Minnesota, an area with a low white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) population, revealed incidences of 0.8 and 0.6 percent respectively of the first-stage larva of Pneumostrongylus tenuis, the etiological agent of cerebrospinal nematodiasis in moose. The report of this parasite is from an area (Isle Royale) that has been deer-free for 30 years.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Karns, Patrick; Jordan, Peter
- Units
- ISRO
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Disease, Moose (Alces alces), Nematodes, Pneumostrongylus tenuis