TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN ARCTIC FOXES (VULPES LAGOPUS): A LONG-TERM MARK-RECAPTURE SEROLOGIC STUDY AT KARRAK LAKE, NUNAVUT, CANADA

• Main Authors: Bouchard, Emilie, Elmore, Stacey A., Alisauskas, Ray T., Samelius, Gustaf, Gajadhar, Alvin A., Schmidt, Keaton, Ross, Sasha, Jenkins, Emily J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2019
• Subjects: Arctic fox; IFAT; Karrak Lake; MAT; Toxoplasma; vertical transmission; Animal Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Life Sciences; Natural Resources and Conservation; Natural Resources Management and Policy; Other Environmental Sciences; Other Veterinary Medicine; Population Biology; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Veterinary Infectious Diseases; Veterinary Medicine; Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology; Veterinary Preventive Medicine; Epidemiology; and Public Health; Zoology; Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Arctic Fox; Human health; Tundra; Vulpes lagopus
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm_usdanwrc/2264; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/icwdm_usdanwrc/article/3263/viewcontent/Bouchard_JWD_2019_TRANSMISSION_DYNAMICS.pdf

Transmission dynamics of Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite of importance for wildlife and human health, are enigmatic in the Arctic tundra, where free-ranging wild and domestic felid definitive hosts are absent and rarely observed, respectively. Through a multiyear mark-recapture study (2011– 17), seros...