| prevalence of antibodies to toxoplasma gondii in striped skunks from saskatchewan and alberta. | fifteen percent (81 of 542) of striped skunks, mephitis mephitis, collected in the prairie of alberta and saskatchewan during 1974 to 1978, were positive for antibodies against toxoplasma gondii. the seropositive rates varied from 8% (6 of 78) for skunks less than six months of age to 47% (9 of 19) in animals three or more years old. spring and summer transmission was indicated by a preponderance of high titres (greater than or equal to 1:1024) in seropositive skunks collected april through sept ... | 1980 | 7431517 |
| presence of neutralizing antibodies to rabies virus in striped skunks from areas free of skunk rabies in alberta. | nine percent of 198 serum samples from striped skunks, mephitis mephitis (schreber) from five areas of alberta were positive for rabies neutralizing antibody. positive samples were minimal (2%) from specimens sampled in an area enzootic for rabies and occurred at greater rates in areas negative for skunk rabies. transmission of rabies virus to skunks may have been from a source other than skunks in those areas, most probably from bats. | 1984 | 6492318 |
| a serological survey of leptospira interrogans serotype pomona in alberta and saskatchewan striped skunks and possible transmission between cattle and skunks. | the range of known occurrence of leptospira interrogans serotype pomona is extended to alberta in striped skunks (mephitis mephitis); no evidence of l. sejroe was found. reacting sera from skunks were confined to the southern portion of alberta and adjacent saskatchewan, although a number of reactors were found sufficiently further north in saskatchewan suggesting that a different mode of infection may be functioning there. of 95 skunk sera from near a dairy farm infected with serotype pomona 40 ... | 1981 | 7343072 |
| adiaspiromycosis in striped skunks in alberta, canada. | pulmonary adiaspiromycosis was diagnosed in seven of 25 striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) in east-central alberta. the infection varied from mild, where only microscopic lesions were seen, to severe, where gross lesions of grayish-white nodules were observed in the lung parenchyma. mild lesions were restricted to the lung, while severe lesions extended to the tracheobronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes. histologically, the lesions were characterized by a centrally located fungal spherule, surr ... | 1986 | 3951052 |
| secondary poisoning of eagles following intentional poisoning of coyotes with anticholinesterase pesticides in western canada. | records of eagles, coyotes (canis latrans), and red foxes (vulpes vulpes) necropsied at the western college of veterinary medicine, saskatoon, saskatchewan, canada, between 1967 and 2002 were reviewed for cases suggestive of anticholinesterase poisoning. from 1993 to 2002, 54 putative poisoning incidents involving 70 bald eagles (haliaeetus leucocephalus) and 10 golden eagles (aquila chrysaetus) were identified. of these, 50 incidents occurred in saskatchewan, two were in manitoba, and one occur ... | 2004 | 15362815 |
| population reduction as a factor in the control of skunk rabies in alberta. | population reduction is being used currently to combat skunk rabies in alberta. a total of 2,398 striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) were removed from three counties of southern alberta during 1980-1983 in an effort to combat rabies outbreaks in those areas. the methods employed included trapping, poisoning, and shooting. skunks in forty mile county have been rabies-free for 4 yr and the outbreaks in newell and warner counties appear to be under control. the data suggest that population reduction ... | 2012 | 3503130 |
| rabies and rabies control in striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) in three prairie regions of western north america. | the number and geographic distribution of rabies cases in striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) from saskatchewan (n = 2,506 cases), montana (n = 1,142), and alberta (n = 199) since 1963 were reviewed. in saskatchewan the number of cases increased steadily for 5 yr and then fluctuated consistently in a 4 yr cyclic pattern. similarly an initial sweep across the province was followed by a cyclic pattern of geographic expansion (3 to 4 yr) and reduction (1 to 2 yr). no organized control efforts were c ... | 1988 | 3045346 |