Metacestodes of moose, Alces alces , of the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve, Ontario
Lungs, liver, spleen, heart, and kidneys of moose, Alces alces, collected from 1963 to 1965 in the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve of northeastern Ontario were examined for parasites. Thirty-eight of 51 moose (75%) were infected with metacestodes of Taenia hydatigena Pallas, 1766; 40 of 54 (74%) with T...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z79-212 2023-12-17T10:18:00+01:00 Metacestodes of moose, Alces alces , of the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve, Ontario Addison, E. M. Fyvie, A. Johnson, F. J. 1979 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z79-212 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z79-212 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 57, issue 8, page 1619-1623 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1979 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z79-212 2023-11-19T13:38:52Z Lungs, liver, spleen, heart, and kidneys of moose, Alces alces, collected from 1963 to 1965 in the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve of northeastern Ontario were examined for parasites. Thirty-eight of 51 moose (75%) were infected with metacestodes of Taenia hydatigena Pallas, 1766; 40 of 54 (74%) with Taenia krabbei Moniez, 1879; and 36 of 54 (67%) with Echinococcus granulosus (Batsch, 1786). Twenty-two of 51 (43%) moose harboured all three species. Each species was more prevalent in older moose than in young moose and intensity of infections increased with the age of moose. Occurrence of small hydatid cysts decreased and large cysts increased with increasing age of moose. Of 1154 hydatid cysts, 95.3% were in lung tissue, 3.6% in liver, 0.9% in spleen, and 1 cyst (0.1%) was recovered from each of heart and kidney. Degenerate cysticerci of T. hydatigena and T. krabbei were observed in all age groups of moose. There was no apparent relationship between intensity of infection with metacestodes and physical condition of moose. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Canadian Journal of Zoology 57 8 1619 1623 |
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Lungs, liver, spleen, heart, and kidneys of moose, Alces alces, collected from 1963 to 1965 in the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve of northeastern Ontario were examined for parasites. Thirty-eight of 51 moose (75%) were infected with metacestodes of Taenia hydatigena Pallas, 1766; 40 of 54 (74%) with Taenia krabbei Moniez, 1879; and 36 of 54 (67%) with Echinococcus granulosus (Batsch, 1786). Twenty-two of 51 (43%) moose harboured all three species. Each species was more prevalent in older moose than in young moose and intensity of infections increased with the age of moose. Occurrence of small hydatid cysts decreased and large cysts increased with increasing age of moose. Of 1154 hydatid cysts, 95.3% were in lung tissue, 3.6% in liver, 0.9% in spleen, and 1 cyst (0.1%) was recovered from each of heart and kidney. Degenerate cysticerci of T. hydatigena and T. krabbei were observed in all age groups of moose. There was no apparent relationship between intensity of infection with metacestodes and physical condition of moose. |
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Metacestodes of moose, Alces alces , of the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve, Ontario |
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Metacestodes of moose, Alces alces , of the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve, Ontario |
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Metacestodes of moose, Alces alces , of the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve, Ontario |
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Metacestodes of moose, Alces alces , of the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve, Ontario |
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Metacestodes of moose, Alces alces , of the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve, Ontario |
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metacestodes of moose, alces alces , of the chapleau crown game preserve, ontario |
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