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Retrospective investigation of Echinococcus canadensis emergence in translocated elk (Cervus canadensis) in Tennessee, USA, and examination of canid definitive hosts.
Parasites & vectors - 30 Jun 2020
Dell BreeAnna, Newman Shelley J, Purple Kathryn, Miller Brad, Ramsay Edward, Donnell Robert, Gerhold Richard W
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BACKGROUND: Few reports of Echinococcus spp. have been described in the USA; however, the geographical distribution of Echinococcus spp. in wild hosts is increasing consequent to human activities. In the early 2000's, 253 elk (Cervus canadensis) originating from Alberta, Canada were released into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area in an effort to re-establish...
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