Morphological and Molecular Insights into the Biodiversity of Gastrointestinal Parasites from Canadian Grizzly (Ursus arctos horribilis) and Black Bears (Ursus americanus)

• Main Author: Catalano, Stefano
• Other Authors: Duignan, Padraig
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Graduate Studies 2014
• Subjects: Forestry and Wildlife; Parasitology; Veterinary Science; Canada; British Columbia; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11023/1403; https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27007

Classical and molecular parasitology are powerful tools for clinical diagnostics, for disease transmission surveys, and for designing strategies to control infections and outbreaks. Parasite communities have been demonstrated to strongly affect host population dynamics and viability. The absence of...