Publications

further evidence of western encephalitis infection in saskatchewan mammals and birds and in reindeer in northern canada.		1970	5530913
besnoitiosis in a woodland caribou.	besnoitiosis was diagnosed in an adult male woodland caribou found dead in northern saskatchewan. the lesions present were comparable to those of chronic besnoitiosis in cattle, and were much more severe than those previously described in domestic reindeer and barren-ground caribou.	1976	16502700
baffin island medical experience includes polar bears, caribou hunt, eskimos.		1981	7231213
evidence of herpesvirus infection in woodland caribou in saskatchewan.	sera were collected from 40 female and two male woodland caribou (rangifer tarandus caribou) in saskatchewan (canada) from march 1992 to january 1995, inclusive. the samples were examined for antibodies against smooth brucella spp., five serovars of leptospira interrogans, bovine viral diarrhea virus, and bovine herpesvirus 1 (bhv-1). twenty-two (52%) of 42 sera exhibited positive reactions to bhv-1 by a modified serum neutralization test, and the prevalence correlated positively with the age of ...	2003	12685086
radionuclides and trace metals in canadian moose near uranium mines: comparison of radiation doses and food chain transfer with cattle and caribou.	tissues from 45 moose and 4 cattle were collected to assess the health of country foods near uranium mines in northern saskatchewan. bone, liver, kidney, muscle and rumen contents were analyzed for uranium, radium-226 (226ra), lead-210 (210pb), and polonium-210 (210po). cesium-137 (137cs), potassium-40 (40k), and 27 trace metals were also measured in some tissues. within the most active mining area, po in liver and muscle declined significantly with distance from tailings, possibly influenced by ...	2005	15824592
chemical contaminants and parasites: assessment of human health risks associated with consumption of whitefish (coregonus clupeaformis) from two boreal lakes in northern saskatchewan, canada.	in canada there is increasing concern about potential effects of industrial activities on wildlife and human health. in an interdisciplinary study concentrations of inorganic (metals, metalloids) and organic (pcbs, organochlorine pesticides) contaminants, and parasitic infections of lake whitefish (coregonus clupeaformis) from montreal and reindeer lakes, saskatchewan, were investigated to assess human health risk related to fish consumption. in both lakes contamination of fish with chemical sub ...	2012	22440886
potential role of soil properties in the spread of cwd in western canada.	chronic wasting disease (cwd) is a horizontally transmissible prion disease of free ranging deer, elk and moose. recent experimental transmission studies indicate caribou are also susceptible to the disease. cwd is present in southeast alberta and southern saskatchewan. this cwd-endemic region is expanding, threatening manitoba and areas of northern alberta and saskatchewan, home to caribou. soil can serve as a stable reservoir for infectious prion proteins; prions bound to soil particles remain ...	2016	24618673