The diagnostic tool provides wildlife managers and veterinarians a non-invasive way to monitor herd health, ideal for threatened or endangered species. 

Distribution and diversity baselines obtained during this study can be used to monitor for, and respond to, expected emergence of novel GI parasites in Canadian cervids associated with shifts in climate and land use. 

Rapid and efficient diagnoses are a powerful means to mitigate against the spread of parasites into non-endemic regions during animal translocation.