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

• Published in: Canadian journal of zoology Vol. 79; no. 7; pp. 1265 - 1277
• Main Authors: BALL, Mark C, LANKESTER, Murray W, MAHONEY, Shane P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ottawa, ON National Research Council of Canada 01.07.2001; Canadian Science Publishing NRC Research Press
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal populations; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Autoecology; Biological and medical sciences; Caribou; Deer; Disease; Elaphostrongylus rangiferi; Epidemiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Mammalia; Parasites; Rangifer tarandus caribou; Vertebrata; Zoology; Canada; Newfoundland; North America; America; Newfoundland Canada; Canada, Newfoundland; Climate; Prevalence; Transmission; Parasite; Environmental factor; Host; Epidemiology; Cerebral disorder; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Geographic distribution; Rangifer tarandus; Helmintha; Nemathelminthia; Parasitism rate; Artiodactyla; Invertebrata; Nematoda; Ungulata; Population density
• ISSN: 0008-4301; 1480-3283; 1480-3283; 0008-4301
• DOI: 10.1139/cjz-79-7-1265

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 elaphostronglylosis (CSE), a debilitating neurologic disease. In an attempt ot understand the conditions necessary for such outbreaks, we examined the effects of herd density and lcimatic factors on parasite abundance.