Two natural cycles involve the wolf and wild reindeer and the wolf andelk(moose), respectively.
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On these sites isolated human bones, as well as complete human skeletons and complete animal carcasses, usuallyelkor aurochs, were deposited.
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It was anelk, a coyote, a lynx and a human.
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There were big populations of larger mammals such aselk, deer, bears, wolves and wild boar.
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Two natural cycles involve the wolf and 2 species of deer, the reindeer and theelk(moose), respectively.
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Up to 34 metacestodes occurred in the lungs of individual animals (suggesting a cumulative effect not recorded in wild reindeer, but typical inelk).
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The metacestodes evidently become infective when youngelkare about 2 years old.
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Of 188elk/moose included in the survey, 28 (15 %) were infected, with an intensity of only one to 9 cysts.
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Of 12elkfrom one region, 7 (58 %) were infected ; of 30 from various regions, the metacestode was present in 25 (83 %).
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The metacestodes apparently do not accumulate with increasing age of the host, as is typical inelk(see below), but perhaps behavioural differences in the two species are involved.
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Tens of thousands of people huntelk, and the meat they obtain is an important contribution to their households.
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There were three meat courses: one was buffalo, one waselkand one was bear.
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In addition to cattle, these diseases are known to occur naturally in man and in sheep, goats, mule deer,elkand farmed mink.
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I have no dangerous animals, apart from bullelkwhich can be very dangerous.
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25 % ofelkhave to be condemned and in the worst hit areas more or less all roedeer.
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