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We summarized health data from 60 live-captured and 191 opportunistically necropsied moose (spanning 2000\u201323) and used generalized linear modeling to assess the determinants of moose infection by giant liver fluke (Fascioloides magna) and meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis). Despite 98% of live moose having good or excellent body condition, 75% were potentially infected with at least one internal parasite species. Hematologic analyses of live moose indicated elevated eosinophil and lymphocyte counts. Infestations with winter tick (Dermacentor albipictus) were common on live-captured New York moose (74%), although intensities were considerably lower than on moose in neighboring states. Necropsied moose were commonly infected with F. magna and P. tenuis, but most often succumbed to trauma from vehicle collisions. Density of white-tailed deer, definitive host to both endoparasites, was the primary driver of P. tenuis infection in moose. For F. magna, moose age and sampling year were positively associated, whereas deer density and road density were negatively associated with moose infection probability. Limiting deer densities in core moose areas may help reduce the risk of P. tenuis infection, and targeted management efforts could promote resilience of small moose populations to multiple parasites.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.7589\/jwd-d-24-00076","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,20]],"date-time":"2026-04-20T05:47:52Z","timestamp":1776664072000},"page":"311-327","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["HEALTH STATUS AND DRIVERS OF ENDOPARASITE INFECTION IN A LOW-DENSITY MOOSE (ALCES ALCES) POPULATION"],"prefix":"10.7589","volume":"62","author":[{"given":"Jennifer A.","family":"Grauer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, 226 Mann Drive, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Angela K.","family":"Fuller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"US Geological Survey, New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, 226 Mann Drive, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jacqueline L.","family":"Frair","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Roosevelt Wild Life Station, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kevin","family":"Hynes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Wildlife Health Program, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 108 Game Farm Road, Delmar, New York 12054, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Erica","family":"Behling-Kelly","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Krysten L.","family":"Schuler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Wildlife Health Lab, Public and Ecosystem Health Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, 240 Farrier Road, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"4415","reference":[{"key":"1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"HL Adams, RE Kissell, D Ratajczak, et al.  \"Eur J Wildl Res.\"  66, \"Relationships among white-tailed deer density, harvest, and landscape metrics in TN, USA.\" 19 (2020)","DOI":"10.1007\/s10344-019-1353-8"},{"key":"5","unstructured":"AM Barbosa, JA Brown, A Jimenez-Valverde, et al.  \"modEvA: Model evaluation and analysis. 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