Determining the Geographic Distribution of Filarioid Nematodes in Caribou in Canada ...
The caribou (Rangifer tarandus sspp.) is a keystone wildlife species in northern ecosystems that plays a central role in the lives of the Indigenous People as a cultural and spiritual icon. The Arctic is currently experiencing unpredictable changes due to various factors, including climate change, a...
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| Language: | English |
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Graduate Studies
2023
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/42412 https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/117569 |
| Summary: | The caribou (Rangifer tarandus sspp.) is a keystone wildlife species in northern ecosystems that plays a central role in the lives of the Indigenous People as a cultural and spiritual icon. The Arctic is currently experiencing unpredictable changes due to various factors, including climate change, and warming temperatures and change in precipitation in the Arctic facilitate the transmission of arthropod-borne parasites. Caribou are hosts to several vector-borne parasites, which includes protozoans such as Babesia odocoilei and Besnoitia tarandi, and filarioid nematodes of the genus Setaria, Onchocerca, and Rumenfilaria. Some caribou populations are declining as a result of rapidly changing climate and multiple stressors, including these vector-borne parasites. Filarioids are an important cause of morbidity, and occasional mortality in Rangifer in Fennoscandia. However, the ecology and epidemiology of these parasites in caribou in North America, including Canada is unknown. The objective of this study was to ... |
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