The goal of this study was to establish a short list of zoonotic pathogens involving the domestic dog that can be prioritized for a companion animal surveillance program specific to the Prairie Provinces of Canada. A list of pathogens documented in dogs was created through a comprehensive review of ...
Author(s)
Sims, E.; Epp, T.
Publisher
Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, Ottawa, Canada
Citation
Canadian Veterinary Journal, 2021, 62, 5, pp 477-483
The population of grey seals Halichoerus grypus in Canadian waters is currently used as a commercial source of meat for human consumption. As with domestic livestock, it is important to understand the occurrence in these seals of infectious agents that may be of public health significance and thus...
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Sauvé, C. C.; Hernández-Ortiz, A.; Jenkins, E.; Mavrot, F.; Schneider, A.; Kutz, S.; Saliki, J. T.; Daoust, P. Y.
Publisher
Inter-Research Science Center, Oldendorf, Germany
Citation
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2020, 142, pp 105-118
One Health, a multidisciplinary approach to public health, which integrates human, animal, and environmental studies, is prudent for circumpolar Arctic health research. The objective of our bibliometric review was to identify and compare research in select infectious diseases in Arctic wildlife...
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Emelyanova, A.; Savolainen, A.; Oksanen, A.; Nieminen, P.; Loginova, O.; Abass, K.; Rautio, A.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022, 19, 18,
Parasites are integral to ecosystem functioning yet often overlooked. Improved understanding of host-parasite associations is important, particularly for wide-ranging species for which host range shifts and climate change could alter host-parasite interactions and their effects on ecosystem...
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Stronen, A. V.; Molnar, B.; Ciucci, P.; Darimont, C. T.; Grottoli, L.; Paquet, P. C.; Sallows, T.; Smits, J. E. G.; Bryan, H. M.
Publisher
Wiley, Oxford, UK
Citation
Ecology and Evolution, 2021, 11, 15, pp 10338-10352
A number of prion diseases affect humans, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; most of these are due to genetic mutations in the affected individual and occur sporadically, but some result from transmission of prion proteins from external sources. Of the known animal prion diseases, only bovine...
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Waddell, L.; Greig, J.; Mascarenhas, M.; Otten, A.; Corrin, T.; Hierlihy, K.
Publisher
Wiley, Berlin, Germany
Citation
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2018, 65, 1, pp 37-49
The influence of climate change on wildlife disease dynamics is a burgeoning conservation and human health issue, but few long-term studies empirically link climate to pathogen prevalence. Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are vulnerable to the negative impacts of sea ice loss as a result of...
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Pilfold, N. W.; Richardson, E. S.; Ellis, J.; Jenkins, E.; Scandrett, W. B.; Hernández-Ortiz, A.; Buhler, K.; McGeachy, D.; Al-Adhami, B.; Konecsni, K.; Lobanov, V. A.; Owen, M. A.; Rideout, B.; Lunn, N. J.
Publisher
Wiley, Oxford, UK
Citation
Global Change Biology, 2021, 27, 19, pp 4481-4497
Medical and Veterinary Entomology (MVE) represents a leading periodical in its field and covers many aspects of the biology and control of insects, ticks, mites and other arthropods of medical and veterinary importance. Since the first issue of the journal, researchers working in both developed and ...
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Dantas-Torres, F.; Cameron, M. M.; Colwell, D. D.; Otranto, D.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK
Citation
Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 2014, 28, s1, pp 6-13
This paper describes the epidemiology, prevalence, transmission, prevention and control of some infectious diseases in companion animals, livestock, wild animals and humans in Ontario, Canada, in 2022, including SARS-CoV-2; Echinococcus multilocularis, Leishmania spp. and SARS-CoV-2; antimicrobial...
Author(s)
Anderson, M. E. C.
Publisher
Ontario Veterinary Medical Association (OVMA), Milton, Canada
Citation
2022 OVMA (Ontario Veterinary Medical Association) Conference and Tradeshow, Toronto, Canada, 14-16 July 2022. Proceedings, 2022, pp 288-292
An adult male muskox (Ovibos moschatus), harvested on 26 August 2014 on Victoria Island, Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic, had proliferative dermatitis on the muzzle and fetlocks suggestive of contagious ecthyma or orf (Parapoxvirus). Histopathologic features of the lesions were consistent with this ...
Author(s)
Tomaselli, M.; Dalton, C.; Duignan, P. J.; Kutz, S.; Meer, F. van der; Kafle, P.; Surujballi, O.; Turcotte, C.; Checkley, S.
Publisher
Wildlife Disease Association, Lawrence, USA
Citation
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2016, 52, 3, pp 719-724
We examined wolf (Canis lupus) blood and fecal samples from the Riding Mountain National Park (RMNP) region of Manitoba, Canada. In 601 fecal samples collected during two study periods in RMNP and the Duck Mountain Provincial Park and Forest (DMPPF) we found gastrointestinal helminth eggs from ...
Author(s)
Stronen, A. V.; Sallows, T.; Forbes, G. J.; Wagner, B.; Paquet, P. C.
Publisher
Wildlife Disease Association, Lawrence, USA
Citation
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2011, 47, 1, pp 222-227