Eimeria rangiferis (Protozoa: Eimeriidae) reported from caribou in Ameralik, West Greenland
In recent decades the native Barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) south of the Godthaabs fjord (Nuup Kangerlua fjord) in West Greenland have mixed with semi-domesticated Norwegian reindeer (R. t. tarandus) imported in 1952 from Finnmark Norway and released onto the range of the Am...
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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/3335 2023-05-15T13:21:40+02:00 Eimeria rangiferis (Protozoa: Eimeriidae) reported from caribou in Ameralik, West Greenland Skírnisson, Karl Cuyler, Christine 2015-03-16 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/3335 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.35.1.3335 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/3335/3271 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/3335 doi:10.7557/2.35.1.3335 Copyright (c) 2015 Karl Skírnisson, Christine Cuyler http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rangifer; Årg 35 Nr 1 (2015); 25-32 Rangifer; Vol 35 No 1 (2015); 25-32 1890-6729 Eimeria rangiferis fecal analysis Nematodirella longissimespiculata Norway Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus R. t. tarandus West Greenland info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2015 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.35.1.3335 2021-08-16T15:13:55Z In recent decades the native Barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) south of the Godthaabs fjord (Nuup Kangerlua fjord) in West Greenland have mixed with semi-domesticated Norwegian reindeer (R. t. tarandus) imported in 1952 from Finnmark Norway and released onto the range of the Ameralik caribou population. Fecal samples from three calves of the Ameralik caribou population were examined for the presence of nematode eggs and eimerid oocysts. Two distinct nematode egg types were observed: the first, Nematodirella longissimespiculata, was found in all calves, while the second, a strongylid nematode, was detected in one calf. The coccidian eimerid Eimeria rangiferis was identified in all calves. This host-specific eimerid is found in Icelandic feral reindeer, which were also imported from Finnmark Norway. We suggest that Finnmark reindeer were the source of Eimeria rangiferis observed in Ameralik caribou today. There are three possible origins for the presence of N. longissimespiculata in Ameralik, 1) arrival with colonizing caribou from North America within the past 4000 years, 2) the 1952 introduction of semi-domesticated Norwegian reindeer, or 3) the current immigration of muskoxen. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ameralik Finnmark Greenland Rangifer Rangifer tarandus Finnmark University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Ameralik ENVELOPE(-51.000,-51.000,64.117,64.117) Greenland Norway Rangifer 35 1 25 32 |
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In recent decades the native Barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) south of the Godthaabs fjord (Nuup Kangerlua fjord) in West Greenland have mixed with semi-domesticated Norwegian reindeer (R. t. tarandus) imported in 1952 from Finnmark Norway and released onto the range of the Ameralik caribou population. Fecal samples from three calves of the Ameralik caribou population were examined for the presence of nematode eggs and eimerid oocysts. Two distinct nematode egg types were observed: the first, Nematodirella longissimespiculata, was found in all calves, while the second, a strongylid nematode, was detected in one calf. The coccidian eimerid Eimeria rangiferis was identified in all calves. This host-specific eimerid is found in Icelandic feral reindeer, which were also imported from Finnmark Norway. We suggest that Finnmark reindeer were the source of Eimeria rangiferis observed in Ameralik caribou today. There are three possible origins for the presence of N. longissimespiculata in Ameralik, 1) arrival with colonizing caribou from North America within the past 4000 years, 2) the 1952 introduction of semi-domesticated Norwegian reindeer, or 3) the current immigration of muskoxen. |
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Eimeria rangiferis (Protozoa: Eimeriidae) reported from caribou in Ameralik, West Greenland |
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Eimeria rangiferis (Protozoa: Eimeriidae) reported from caribou in Ameralik, West Greenland |
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Eimeria rangiferis (Protozoa: Eimeriidae) reported from caribou in Ameralik, West Greenland |
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Eimeria rangiferis (Protozoa: Eimeriidae) reported from caribou in Ameralik, West Greenland |
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Eimeria rangiferis (Protozoa: Eimeriidae) reported from caribou in Ameralik, West Greenland |
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eimeria rangiferis (protozoa: eimeriidae) reported from caribou in ameralik, west greenland |
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2015 |
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Ameralik Finnmark Greenland Rangifer Rangifer tarandus Finnmark |
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Copyright (c) 2015 Karl Skírnisson, Christine Cuyler http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
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