Gastrointestinal parasites in an isolated Norwegian population of wild red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Table 2 Gastrointestinal helminths in 13 red deer ( Cervus elaphus ) culled from a stationary population around the Mongstad Oil Refinery, Norway, in February 2007

	N	Prevalence [95%CI]	Mean counts [95%CI]	Min-Max (median)	Species detected^a(No. of individuals with each parasite species)
Abomasal parasites	12	91.7% [64.6-98.5]	6223 [1262-11185]	0-20480 (1840)	Ostertagia leptospicularis (10)/O. kolchida (4)
					Spiculopteragia spiculoptera (11)/S. mathevossiani (2)
					Trichostrongylus axei (5)
Small intestinal parasites	13	38.5% [17.7-64.4]	40 [-8-88]	0-280 (0)	Capillaria bovis (2)
Small intestinal parasites	13	38.5% [17.7-64.4]	40 [-8-88]	0-280 (0)	Tapeworm fragments (1)
Large intestinal parasites	13	30.8% [12.7-57.6]	1 [0-2]	0-6 (0)	Cooperia oncophora (2)
					Trichuris globulosa (2)
					Oesphagostomum venulosum (2)

^aVoucher specimens for helminths deposited in the US National Parasite Collection, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, USA: Trichuris globulosa USNPC 105314; Anoplocephalidae (unidentified cestodes) USNPC 105315; Spiculopteragia boehmi (syn. S. spiculoptera) USNPC 105316, 105319, 105323; Ostertagia leptospicularis/O. kolchida USNPC 105317, 105320, 105324; Capillaria bovis USNPC 105318; Trichostrongylus axei USNPC 105321; Cooperia oncophora USNPC 105322.

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