Publications

prevalence of antibodies to toxoplasma gondii in wolverines from nunavut, canada.	the prevalence of antibodies to toxoplasma gondii was determined in blood and tissue exudates recovered from the spleens of 41 wolverines (gulo gulo) collected in nunavut, canada, using a modified agglutination test (mat). antibodies to t. gondii were found in 17 (41.5%) of the 41 wolverines with mat titers of 1:25 in 1, 1:50 in 4, 1:100 in 5, 1:200 in 6, and 1:400 in 1. this is the first report of antibodies to t. gondii in wolverines, and the results indicate that exposure is common.	2008	18605808
trichinella t6 and trichinella nativa in wolverines (gulo gulo) from nunavut, canada.	infection of trichinella spp. is common among animals in the canadian arctic. we determined the prevalence of trichinella spp. infection in wolverines (gulo gulo) from nunavut, canada. diaphragms from 41 wolverines were examined by artificial digestion. trichinella spp. larvae were detected in 36 (87.8%) examined animals. trichinella t6 was detected in 33 (91.7%), trichinella nativa in only one (2.8%), and a mixed trichinella t6 and t. nativa infections were detected in two (5.6%) wolverines. th ...	2008	18516722
two new species of sarcocystis (apicomplexa: sarcocystidae) infecting the wolverine (gulo gulo) from nunavut, canada.	infection with sarcocystis species is common in many species of animals, but it has not yet been reported in wolverines (gulo gulo). histological sections of tongues from 41 wolverines in the kitikmeot region, nunavut, canada, were examined for sarcocysts. sarcocysts were found in 33 (80.4%) wolverines. two structurally distinct types of sarcocysts were found. type a sarcocysts were thin (<1 µm thick) walled. ultrastructurally, the parasitophorous vacuolar membrane (pvm) had minute undulations, ...	2010	20950105