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Dictyocaulus viviparus and Elaphostrongylus cervi in Wapiti

Authors: Mason PC, McAllum HJF
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 24, Issue 1-2, pp 23, Jan 1967
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Deer, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant
Subject Terms: Alimentary system/gastroenterology, Biosecurity, Parasites - internal, Nematode, Respiratory system, New hosts/new diseases
Article class: Correspondence

Abstract: We wish to record the identification of the nematodes Dictyocaulus viviparus (Bloch, 1782). Railliet and Henry, 1907; and Elaphostrongylus cervi Cameron, 1931, from the wapiti (Cervus canadensis). Several wapiti were brought to Invermay Agricultural Research Station in early 1975. At post-mortem examination 5 wapiti contained lung worms which were identified as Dictyocaulus viviparus…

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