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The article focuses on a study investigating the relationship between the first reported lymphatic dwelling filarioid nematode in Rangifer tarandus reindeer from Finland and the Rumenfilaria andersoni, a venuous filarial, from Alces alces moose in Canada. It says that specimen collection is via dissecting lymphatic vessels from infected animals where some nematodes were seen through the wall of dilated vessels as thin white winding threads obscuring the vessel. It reports that the filariae belong to subfamily Splendidofilariinae of Onchocercidae and resemble R. andersoni suggesting two different parasite populations. It suggests an integrated approach using DNA based and morphological identifications.