Comparison of gross visual and microscopic assessment of four anatomic sites to monitor besnoitia tarandi in barren-ground caribou (rangifer tarandus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 732-738

  Ducrocq, Julie ^a   Beauchamp, Guy ^a   Kutz, Susan ^b   Simard, Manon ^c   Elkin, Brett ^d   Croft, Bruno ^d   Taillon, Joëlle ^e   Côté, Steve D ^e   Brodeur, Vincent ^f   Campbell, Mitch ^g   Cooley, Dorothy ^h   Cuyler, Christine ⁱ   Lair, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Makivik Corporation   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^e CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^f MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^g Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

^h Yukon Department of Renewable Resources   (Canada)

ⁱ GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Besnoitia tarandi; Caribou; Disease; Parasite; Protozoa; Rangifer tarandus

Indexed keywords

BESNOITIA TARANDI; PROTOZOA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84862660144     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-48.3.732     Document Type: Article

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