Parasites of Ruminants in the Jackson Hole Area: Scarabaeoid Beetles Acting on Lungworm, Dictyocaulus hadweni, Larvae in Elk and Cattle Feces

Abstract

A knowledge of current prevalence and intensity of lungworm infections in elk and domestic ruminants sharing the same range would be useful to wildlife managers, ranchers, forest service personnel and others. Limited epidemiological studies of the interaction of hosts and their parasites and the possibilities of cross-transmission from wild to domestic ruminants or from domestic to wild ruminants have been conducted in Georgia (Davidson, et aL, 1981) and on a similar scale in some other states but not in Wyoming.