Helminths of the grizzly bear, Ursus arctos L., in northern Canada
Twenty-nine grizzly bears, Ursus arctos L., killed between 1965 and 1967 in northwestern Canada, principally the Yukon Territory, were examined for helminths. The authors found six species of helminths with the following prevalence: Baylisascaris transfuga (Rudolphi, 1819) Sprent, 1968 in 16 of 21 b...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z69-038 2024-04-07T07:56:21+00:00 Helminths of the grizzly bear, Ursus arctos L., in northern Canada Choquette, L. P. E. Gibson, G. G. Pearson, A. M. 1969 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z69-038 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z69-038 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 47, issue 2, page 167-170 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1969 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z69-038 2024-03-08T00:37:42Z Twenty-nine grizzly bears, Ursus arctos L., killed between 1965 and 1967 in northwestern Canada, principally the Yukon Territory, were examined for helminths. The authors found six species of helminths with the following prevalence: Baylisascaris transfuga (Rudolphi, 1819) Sprent, 1968 in 16 of 21 bears; Dochmoides yukonensis Wolfgang, 1956 in 10 of 21; Dirofilaria ursi Yamaguti, 1941 in 3 of 27; Trichnella spiralis (Owen, 1835) Railliet, 1896 in21 of 24; Diphyllobolhrium (?) ursi Rausch, 1954 provis. in 3 of 21; and Taenia krabbei Moniez, 1879 in 2 of 21 bears. These findings are discussed in the light of other reports, and constitute the first record of helminths from grizzly bears in Canada. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos Yukon Canadian Science Publishing Yukon Canada Canadian Journal of Zoology 47 2 167 170 |
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Twenty-nine grizzly bears, Ursus arctos L., killed between 1965 and 1967 in northwestern Canada, principally the Yukon Territory, were examined for helminths. The authors found six species of helminths with the following prevalence: Baylisascaris transfuga (Rudolphi, 1819) Sprent, 1968 in 16 of 21 bears; Dochmoides yukonensis Wolfgang, 1956 in 10 of 21; Dirofilaria ursi Yamaguti, 1941 in 3 of 27; Trichnella spiralis (Owen, 1835) Railliet, 1896 in21 of 24; Diphyllobolhrium (?) ursi Rausch, 1954 provis. in 3 of 21; and Taenia krabbei Moniez, 1879 in 2 of 21 bears. These findings are discussed in the light of other reports, and constitute the first record of helminths from grizzly bears in Canada. |
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Helminths of the grizzly bear, Ursus arctos L., in northern Canada |
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Helminths of the grizzly bear, Ursus arctos L., in northern Canada |
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Helminths of the grizzly bear, Ursus arctos L., in northern Canada |
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