CONSIDERING WEATHER-ENHANCED TRANSMISSION OF MENINGEAL WORM, PARELAPHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS, AND MOOSE DECLINES

The risk of meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) infection in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and neurologic disease in moose (Alces alces) in eastern North America is influenced largely by the effects of weather on deer density and gastropod intermediate hosts. Frequent, easy wint...

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Main Author: Murray W. Lankester
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lakehead University 2018-01-01
Series:Alces : A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose
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Online Access:http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/201/261