Development of the muskox lungworm, Umingmakstrongylus pallikuukensis (Protostrongylidae), in gastropods in the Arctic

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Kutz, Susan J, Hoberg, Eric P, Nishi, John, Polley, Lydden
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2002
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Kugluktuk; Climate change; muskox; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z02-197; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z02-197

Development of the muskox protostrongylid lungworm, Umingmakstrongylus pallikuukensis, in its slug intermediate host, Deroceras laeve, was investigated under field conditions in the Arctic. Every 2 weeks, from 19 June to 28 August 1997, groups of 10 experimentally infected slugs were placed in tundr...