A molecular assessment of Ostertagia leptospicularis and Spiculopteragia asymmetrica among wild fallow deer in Northern Ireland and implications for false detection of livestock-associated species

Table 1 Tally of gastrointestinal nematodes identified from deer necropsies

Deer ID	Location	Ostertagia leptospicularis	Spiculopteragia asymmetrica	Total
A.142301	Ardkill	4	5	9
B.140048	Tollymore	0	14	14
C.142323	Randalstown	11	4	15
D.140049	Tollymore	0	14	14
E.142322	Randalstown	0	2	2
F.140032	Randalstown	3	3	6
G.14234	Randalstown	4	11	15
Total		22	53	75
Proportion of infected deer		4/7	7/7

ISSN: 1756-3305