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Pilobolus and lungworm disease affecting elk in Yellowstone National Park

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1997

K. MICHAEL FOOS
K. MICHAEL FOOS
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Indiana University East, Richmond, Indiana 47374
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Abstract

Dictyocaulus viviparus and Pilobolus coexist in individual elk of the Yellowstone National Park's northern herd. It is suggested that Pilobolus transfers infective larvae to forage grasses, so spreading the lungworm disease.

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Research Article
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Mycological Research , Volume 101 , Issue 12 , December 1997 , pp. 1535 - 1536
Copyright
The British Mycological Society 1997

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