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This paper uses mathematical models to assist in the evaluation of the potential of a nematode,<jats:italic>Capillaria hepatica<\/jats:italic>, as a biological control agent to reduce the severity of these \u2018plagues\u2019.<jats:italic>C. hepatica<\/jats:italic>is unique amongst helminths of mammals in that its eggs are released only upon the death of an infected host. The major goal of the modelling in this paper is to determine the impact of this feature on the population dynamics of the host-parasite interaction. Simple differential equation models are used to examine the general properties of the system and determine which population parameters are most crucial to the outcome of the interaction. These models are supplemented by age-structured models which investigate the initial behaviour of the system after introduction of the parasite. The necessity of host death for transmission is a strongly destabilizing factor, suggesting that<jats:italic>C. hepatica<\/jats:italic>cannot regulate most populations stably in the absence of strong resource limitation, although it has the potential to depress mouse populations below infection-free levels. Although<jats:italic>C. hepatica<\/jats:italic>influences mouse fecundity at lower burdens than it affects mortality, the age-structured models show that parasite-induced host death cannot be neglected. 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