Meningeal worm is a long-lived parasitic nematode in white-tailed deer

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 448-452

  Duffy, Michael S ^a,b   Greaves, Trent A ^a,c   Keppie, Nathan J ^a,d   Burt, Michael D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c University of Saskatchewan ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baermann method; Corticosteroids; Diagnosis; Larval extraction; Life span; Meningeal worm; Parelaphostrongylus tenuis; Patent periods; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PARELAPHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEER; DURA MATER; FECES; FEMALE; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; DEER; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; QUARANTINE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; SUBDURAL SPACE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036549834     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.2.448     Document Type: Article

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