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Table 2 Rumenfilaria andersoni (rmf) microfilariae detected in the blood of over eight month old wild cervids between 26 January 2004 and 4 June 2005 in Finland

From: A lymphatic dwelling filarioid nematode, Rumenfilaria andersoni (Filarioidea; Splendidofilariinae), is an emerging parasite in Finnish cervids

Species/area

No of animals

Rmf prevalence

Mean density (range)

Moose, outside reindeer herding area

112

8%

127 (0–574)

Moose, in reindeer herding area

212

7.5%

92 (1–533)

Wild forest reindeer, Kainuu

33

48%

p < 0.04

3752 (0–48000)

p < 0.03

Wild forest reindeer, Suomenselkä

59

71%

 

596 (0–12600)

Roe deer

17

0

0

White-tailed deer

9

22%

446 (3–890)

  1. Density as number of R. andersoni microfilariae/ml.