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Meningeal Worm In Deer From Western Nebraska, David W. Oates, Mauritz C. Sterner, Ed Boyd
Meningeal Worm In Deer From Western Nebraska, David W. Oates, Mauritz C. Sterner, Ed Boyd
Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications
One hundred seventy-eight whitetailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and 275 mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) collected from locker plants in the western 2/3 of Nebraska (USA) in November 1997 were examined for the meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis). Parelaphostrongylus tenuis was identified in 17 (10%) of 168 white-tailed deer and in one (<1%) of 273 mule deer. This is the first naturally occurring infection of P. tenuis recorded in a mule deer.