| identification of dorsal-spined larvae from free-ranging wapiti (cervus elaphus) in southwestern manitoba, canada. | dorsal-spined first-stage larvae recovered from feces of free-ranging wapiti (cervus elaphus) were passaged through snails (triodopsis multilineata) and two hand-raised white-tailed deer fawns (odocoileus virginianus). a total of 74 adult parelaphostrongylus tenuis were recovered from the fawns; no other protostrongylid nematodes were recovered. the study indicates that wapiti may be infected with natural infections of meningeal worm and pass larvae suitable for transmission to gastropod interme ... | 1989 | 2716114 |
| bovine tuberculosis in elk (cervus elaphus manitobensis) near riding mountain national park, manitoba, from 1992 to 2002. | | 2003 | 14601681 |
| learning from outbreaks of bovine tuberculosis near riding mountain national park: applications to a foreign animal disease outbreak. | riding mountain national park, manitoba, is home to a population of free-roaming elk (cervus elaphus manitobensis) that have been found to be infected with mycobacterium bovis, the agent of bovine tuberculosis (tb). the disease has also been found in a number of cattle herds near the park and, as a result, manitoba has been assigned a split status for bovine tb. a number of government agencies, with input from representatives from the wildlife and agricultural sectors, have responded by devising ... | 2004 | 14992251 |
| intranasal administration of xylazine to reduce stress in elk captured by net gun. | forty free-ranging elk (cervus elaphus manitobensis) were captured by net gun in riding mountain national park (manitoba, canada) during february 2002 and were administered either saline (control) or xylazine by the intranasal route, to evaluate the efficacy and benefit of intranasal xylazine to reduce stress. elk that received xylazine had higher relaxation scores than control elk, and the onset of sedation occurred quickly, often <1 min. serum concentrations of cortisol, creatine kinase, and g ... | 2004 | 15465726 |
| spoligotyping of mycobacterium bovis isolates found in manitoba. | spoligotyping was applied to 44 isolates of mycobacterium bovis obtained from the canadian province of manitoba. isolates were obtained from submissions of elk (n = 16), deer (n = 1), and cattle (n = 27) tissues spanning the period of 1990 to early 2003. two spoligotype profiles were obtained differing only in the reaction with oligonucleotide number 12. forty of the 44 isolates (90.9%) hybridized with oligonucleotide 12 (mb-1 type), while the remaining 4 of 44 (9.1%) did not show a signal at po ... | 2005 | 15971679 |
| feasibility of using coyotes (canis latrans) as sentinels for bovine mycobacteriosis (mycobacterium bovis) infection in wild cervids in and around riding mountain national park, manitoba, canada. | elk (cervus elaphus manitobensis) and white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) in the riding mountain national park (rmnp) region of southwestern manitoba have been identified as a likely wildlife reservoir of mycobacterium bovis, the causative agent of bovine mycobacteriosis in livestock. the feasibility of using coyotes (canis latrans) collected from trappers as a sentinel species was investigated. retropharyngeal, mesenteric, and colonic lymph nodes and tonsils collected at necropsy from 82 ... | 2007 | 17699081 |
| transdisciplinary habitat models for elk and cattle as a proxy for bovine tuberculosis transmission risk. | zoonotic diseases such as bovine tuberculosis (tb) that infect wildlife and livestock are particularly difficult to eradicate where wild animals make extensive use of agricultural landscapes. transmission of tb between cattle (bos taurus) and wild elk (cervus elaphus) in southwestern manitoba, canada remains poorly understood but there is a risk when commingling occurs on summer pasture. elk use of cattle summer pastures was assessed using ecological data (187 vhf and 25 gps collared elk monitor ... | 2009 | 19541377 |
| 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 |
| incorporating farmer observations in efforts to manage bovine tuberculosis using barrier fencing at the wildlife-livestock interface. | a federal and provincial cost-shared program was initiated in 2001 around riding mountain national park in southwestern manitoba, canada to provide free game wire barrier fences for baled hay storage areas to prevent transmission of tb among cattle (bos taurus), wild elk (cervus elaphus), and deer (odocoileus virginianus). farmer observations of cervids on their farms were evaluated by interviewing 50 farmers that owned a game wire fence for >1 year. of those interviewed, 82% reported some type ... | 2010 | 20129682 |