ABOMASAL PARASITES IN TULE ELK (CERVUS-ELAPHUS-NANNODES) FROM GRIZZLYISLAND, CALIFORNIA

Authors
VANBAREN DC HOBERG EP BOTZLER RG
Citation
Dc. Vanbaren et al., ABOMASAL PARASITES IN TULE ELK (CERVUS-ELAPHUS-NANNODES) FROM GRIZZLYISLAND, CALIFORNIA, Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 63(2), 1996, pp. 222-225
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
1049233X
Volume
63
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
222 - 225
Database
ISI
SICI code
1049-233X(1996)63:2<222:APITE(>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Trichostrongylid nematodes were collected from the abomasa of 12 (67%) of 18 tule elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes) collected from the Grizzly i sland Wildlife Area, California, in August to September 1994; overall mean (+/- 1 SD) intensity was 44.9 +/- 40.0 of abomasal nematodes per host. Three species of nematodes were found: Ostertagia leptospiculari s and its minor morphotype Ostertagia kolchida, Mazamastrongylus pursg lovei, and Trichostrongylus axei. New geographic and host records are established, respectively, for O. leptospicularis/O. kolchida,and M. p ursglovei in California and for Cervus elaphus in North America.