Seasonal and biogeographical patterns of gastrointestinal parasites in large carnivores: Wolves in a coastal archipelago

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 781-790

  Bryan, Heather M ^a,b,c   Darimont, Chris T ^b,d   Hill, Janet E ^a   Paquet, Paul C ^b,c   Thompson, R C Andrew ^e   Wagner, Brent ^b   Smits, Judit E G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Raincoast Conservation Foundation   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Coastal British Columbia; disease monitoring; Echinococcus canadensis; feces; gastrointestinal parasites; gray wolves; islands; season

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CARNIVORE; CESTODE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYST; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM NEHONKAIENSE; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS CANADENSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; INTESTINE PARASITE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SARCOCYSTIS; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SPRING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXOCARA CANIS; WOLF;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEASONS; WOLVES;

CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; ECHINOCOCCUS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; SARCOCYSTIS; TAENIA OVIS; TAENIIDAE; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 84861037030     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011002319     Document Type: Article

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