Development of the Muskox Lungworm, Umingmakstrongylus pallikuukensis (Protostrongylidae), in Gastropods in the Arctic

• Main Authors: Kutz, Susan J., Hoberg, Eric P., Nishi, John, Polley, Lydden
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2002
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Parasitology; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Zoology; Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Lent; Kugluktuk; Climate change; muskox; toundra; Tundra
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/parasitologyfacpubs/792; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/parasitologyfacpubs/article/1803/viewcontent/Kutz_et_al_Uming_Field_Devel_Gastropods_Can_J_Zool_2002.pdf

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