Biodiversity and springtime patterns of egg production and development for parasites of the Chisana Caribou herd, Yukon Territory, Canada

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Hoar, Bryanne, Oakley, Michelle, Farnell, Rick, Kutz, Susan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2009
• Subjects: climate change; development rates; fecal plots; Ostertagia gruehneri; periparturient rise; Proto¬strongylidae; Rangifer; Trichostrongylidae; woodland caribou; Canada; Simler; Yukon
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/204; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.29.1.204

We investigated the biodiversity and springtime patterns of parasite egg/oocyst and larval production from feces and parasite development in the environment for the Chisana caribou herd in the southwest Yukon Territory, Canada from 29 March to 14 June 2006. Fecal samples from 50 adult cows that were...