Infection with brainworm (Elaphostrongylus rangiferi) in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus ssp.) in Fennoscandia
Abstract Sami reindeer herders have considerable traditional knowledge about a neurological reindeer disease resembling elaphostrongylosis, but the causative agent was not identified prior to the description of the brainworm Elaphostrongylus rangiferi in Russia in 1958. Elaphostrongylosis was quickl...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2020-05-01
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Series: | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13028-020-00524-4 |