Helminths of grizzly and black bears in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada

• Main Authors: Catalano, Stefano, Lejeune, Manigandan, Tizzani, Paolo, Verocai, Guilherme G., Schwantje, Helen, Nelson, Cait, Duignan, Padraig J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2015
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/69807; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjz-2015-0063

Between May 2011 and June 2013, we collected the carcasses and gastrointestinal tracts of 40 American black bears (Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780) and 13 grizzly bears (Ursus arctos L., 1758) from populations of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Specimens were examined for helminths, which were i...