| reservoirs of giardia spp. in southwestern alberta. | a survey of potential hosts of giardia spp. was carried out during 1982 and 1983 in the kananaskis valley and banff national park, alberta, canada. diagnosis was based mainly on fecal analysis but a few animals were examined at necropsy and scrapings from the small intestine analyzed. a total of 304 specimens was examined from humans (homo sapiens l.) and a variety of animal species. cysts and/or trophozoites of giardia were found in 10.5% of the specimens examined. positive samples were found f ... | 1984 | 6397598 |
| a new intermediate host for echinococcus multilocularis: the southern red-backed vole (myodes gapperi) in urban landscape in calgary, canada. | human alveolar echinococcosis (hae) is a potentially fatal parasitic disease caused by echinococcus multilocularis, a cestode characterized by a sylvatic life-cycle involving several species of rodents and lagomorphs as intermediate hosts and canids as definitive hosts. despite the wide distribution of the parasite in north america, the number of competent intermediate host species identified to date is still relatively small, and mainly includes the northern vole (microtus oeconomus), brown lem ... | 2013 | 23608104 |
| thyroid pathology in deer mice (peromyscus maniculata) from a reclaimed mine site on the athabasca oil sands. | information on naturally occurring thyroid disease in wild animals in general and in small mammals specifically is extremely limited. in the present field-based work, we investigated the structure and function of thyroid glands of deer mice (peromyscus maniculata) studied as sentinels of ecosystem sustainability on reclaimed areas post-mining on the oil sands of northeastern alberta, because of their greater sensitivity to contaminants relative to meadow voles (microtus pennsylvanicus) on the sa ... | 2017 | 28104343 |
| small mammals as sentinels of oil sands related contaminants and health effects in northeastern alberta, canada. | the extraction of bitumen in areas of northeastern alberta (canada) has been associated with the release of complex mixtures of metals, metalloids, and polycyclic aromatic compounds (pacs) to the environment. to mitigate effects on ecosystems, canadian legislation mandates that disturbed areas be reclaimed to an ecologically sustainable state after active operations. however, as part of reclamation activities, exposure to, and effects on wildlife living in these areas is not generally assessed. ... | 2016 | 26555251 |