Module 4 • Flora and Fauna: Case Study
Student Page 4-7.2c
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Fact #7 Lungworms form open sores in the lungs.
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Fact #8 During cold weather, muskoxen spend lots of energy trying to stay warm. Their caloric needs
increase.
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Fact #9 Young lungworm larvae are excreted in muskoxen fecal pellets.
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Fact #10 Pneumonia causes muskoxen lungs to fill up with mucous. They try to cough it out.
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Fact #11 During winter muskoxen paw through the snow to eat willows, sedges and grass. This is tiring.
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Fact #12 Even healthy muskoxen have the bacteria that causes pneumonia.
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