| ixodes scapularis say on white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) from long point, ontario. | ixodes scapularis say was the only species of tick found on white-tailed deer, odocoileus virginianus, collected at long point, ontario from october 1972 to august 1973. adults were most abundant from september 1972 to april 1973. larvae were found throughout the study period except during february. nymphs were scarce during winter months but fairly common during spring and summer. most adults were found on the neck and shoulders. larvae occurred mainly on lower regions of the body and nymphs ma ... | 1976 | 1255915 |
| distribution of the lyme disease vector, ixodes dammini (acari: ixodidae) and isolation of borrelia burgdorferi in ontario, canada. | ixodes dammini spielman, clifford, piesman & corwin was confirmed at long point, lake erie, ontario, on small mammals and white-tailed deer and by dragging for ticks. mean intensities of up to 16.2 larvae and 2.1 nymphs were found on peromyscus leucopus (rafinesque), with an overall prevalence of infestation up to 92%. adult i. dammini (101.6 +/- 77.63) (mean +/- sd) were found on 8 white-tailed deer, odocoileus virginianus (zimmerman). the seasonal pattern of recovery of ticks from hosts and th ... | 1992 | 1460617 |
| forensic application of repetitive dna markers to the species identification of animal tissues. | highly repetitive dna markers have been used for determining the species origin of animal tissues in cases of illegal commercialization and poaching of game animals. this approach has been used in cases involving white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus), moose (alces alces) and black bear (ursus americanus). digesting the dna with various restriction enzymes, agarose electrophoresis and staining with ethidium bromide revealed unique banding patterns for each species. these patterns have been u ... | 1994 | 8195749 |
| serologic survey for antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi in white-tailed deer in ontario. | serum samples collected from 623 white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) in southern ontario (canada) from 1985 to 1989 were tested for antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi using an indirect fluorescent antibody (ifa) staining method. samples from 150 of the deer were also tested using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa). at ifa titers of 1:64 and 1:128 deer with antibodies to b. burgdorferi appeared to be widespread throughout southern ontario, with an apparent prevalence ranging from ... | 1998 | 9577798 |
| microclimate and habitat in relation to ixodes scapularis (acari: ixodidae) populations on long point, ontario, canada. | the impact of microclimate and density of hosts for adult ticks on the density of ixodes scapularis say was evaluated within 4 habitats on long point, ontario, from 1989-1992. during the period from may to september, mean weekly vapor pressure deficits were greater within the oak savannah and cottonwood dune habitats than at the maple forest and white pine habitats, which were similar. vapor pressure deficit was likely the major factor affecting the survivorship of eggs and immature tricks in th ... | 1999 | 10337093 |
| bovine tuberculosis in canadian wildlife: an updated history. | mycobacterium bovis infection in wild animals attracted little attention in canada until the disease was almost eliminated from domestic livestock. tuberculosis was endemic in plains bison and occurred in elk, moose, and mule deer in buffalo national park (bnp), alberta during the 1920s and 1930s. bison were moved from bnp to wood buffalo national park (wbnp), where tuberculosis became, and remains, endemic in bison, posing a risk to efforts to restore bison in northern canada. tuberculosis was ... | 2009 | 20119541 |
| application of dna fingerprinting to enforcement of hunting regulations in ontario. | dna fingerprinting has been used in investigations of 40 cases of infractions of hunting regulations involving white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) and moose (alces alces) in ontario. in most of these cases, individual-specific dna fingerprints obtained with the jeffrey's 33.15 multilocus probe were used to link the animal remains found at the illegal kill site to blood and tissue samples of the dead animal associated with a suspect. dna fingerprints from 27 white-tailed deer and 19 moose ... | 1993 | 8426157 |
| cadmium levels in ontario moose and deer in relation to soil sensitivity to acid precipitation. | this study examines the influence of buffering capacity of the soil on the levels of cadmium in the kidney, liver and muscle of moose and white-tailed deer from nine sampling sites (four buffered and five non-buffered) in ontario, canada. tissues collected from hunter-killed moose and deer during 1984 and 1985 were analysed for cadmium. tissue from moose in the non-buffered algonquin park site (21.9 +/- 1.1 mg/kg wet weight) and the buffered st. joseph island site (12.7 +/- 3.2 mg kg-1) had the ... | 1988 | 3381081 |