REGULAR ARTICLES / ARTICLES RÉGULIERS Factors affecting the distribution and transmission of Elaphostrongylus rangiferi(Protostrongylidae) in caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou) of Newfoundland, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Ball, Mark C, Lankester, Murray W, Mahoney, Shane P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2001
• Subjects: Canada; Norway; St. Anthony; Newfoundland; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z01-080; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z01-080

Elaphostrongylus rangiferi was introduced to caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) of Newfoundland by infected reindeer (R. t. tarandus) from Norway and has caused at least two epizootics of cerebrospinal elaphostrongylosis (CSE), a debilitating neurologic disease. In an attempt to understand the cond...