Some helminth parasites from the small intestine of free-ranging muskoxen Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann) of Devon and Ellesmere Islands, Northwest Territories

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Webster, W. A., Rowell, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1980
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Northwest Territories; Ellesmere Island; Devon Island; ovibos moschatus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z80-036; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z80-036

Intestinal contents from two muskoxen, Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann), collected in March 1978 on Devon Island, N.W.T., both contained Marshallagia marshalli (Ransom 1906) and Nematodirus helvetianus May 1920. Intestinal contents from five muskoxen collected in August 1978 on Ellesmere Island, N.W. T., contained Moniezia expansa (Rudolphi 1810) (one of the five), Ostertagia trifurcata Ransom 1907 (one of five), M. marshalli (one of five) and N. helvetianus (two of five). Cysticerci of Taenia hydatigena Pallas 1766 were found in two of the five animals from Ellesmere Island.