ESTIMATING TOXOPLASMA GONDII EXPOSURE IN ARCTIC FOXES (VULPES LAGOPUS) WHILE NAVIGATING THE IMPERFECT WORLD OF WILDLIFE …

SA Elmore, G Samelius, B Al-Adhami… - Journal of wildlife …, 2016 - meridian.allenpress.com
Although the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is ubiquitous in birds and mammals
worldwide, the full suite of hosts and transmission routes is not completely understood …

TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN ARCTIC FOXES (VULPES LAGOPUS): A LONG-TERM MARK-RECAPTURE SEROLOGIC STUDY AT …

É Bouchard, SA Elmore… - Journal of wildlife …, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
Transmission dynamics of Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite of importance for wildlife and
human health, are enigmatic in the Arctic tundra, where free-ranging wild and domestic felid …

Are foxes (Vulpes spp.) good sentinel species for Toxoplasma gondii in northern Canada?

É Bouchard, R Sharma, A Hernández-Ortiz, K Buhler… - Parasites & vectors, 2022 - Springer
Background In changing northern ecosystems, understanding the mechanisms of
transmission of zoonotic pathogens, including the coccidian parasite Toxoplasma gondii, is …

[HTML][HTML] Toxoplasma gondii exposure in arctic-nesting geese: A multi-state occupancy framework and comparison of serological assays

SA Elmore, KP Huyvaert, LL Bailey, J Milhous… - International Journal for …, 2014 - Elsevier
The zoonotic parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, has a worldwide distribution and a cosmopolitan
suite of hosts. In arctic tundra regions, the definitive felid hosts are rare to absent and, while …

Toxoplasma gondii in Circumpolar People and Wildlife

SA Elmore, EJ Jenkins, KP Huyvaert… - Vector-Borne and …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Despite extensive worldwide surveillance in populations of both people and wildlife,
relatively little is known about Toxoplasma gondii ecology in the circumpolar north. Many …

Serosurvey for Toxoplasma gondii in arctic foxes and possible sources of infection in the high Arctic of Svalbard

KW Prestrud, K Åsbakk, E Fuglei, T Mørk, A Stien… - Veterinary …, 2007 - Elsevier
Samples (blood or tissue fluid) from 594 arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus), 390 Svalbard
reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus), 361 sibling voles (Microtus …

SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII INFECTION IN CANADIAN LYNX (LYNX CANADENSIS) IN WESTERN QUÉBEC, CANADA

A Simon, MB Poulin, AN Rousseau… - Journal of Wildlife …, 2013 - meridian.allenpress.com
Toxoplasma gondii, one of the more common zoonotic parasites in the world, can cause
serious illness in humans and other animals worldwide. Felids are the only known host that …

[HTML][HTML] Zoonotic diseases: Toxoplasma gondii: How an Amazonian parasite became an Inuit health issue

SJ Reiling, BR Dixon - Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that originated in the Amazon. Felids (mammals
in the cat family) are the only definitive hosts. These animals shed large numbers of …

Toxoplasma gondii, Source to Sea: Higher Contribution of Domestic Felids to Terrestrial Parasite Loading Despite Lower Infection Prevalence

E VanWormer, PA Conrad, MA Miller, AC Melli… - EcoHealth, 2013 - Springer
Environmental transmission of Toxoplasma gondii, a global zoonotic parasite, adversely
impacts human and animal health. Toxoplasma is a significant cause of mortality in …

[HTML][HTML] Toxoplasma gondii prevalence in carnivorous wild birds in the eastern United States

S Ammar, L Wood, C Su, M Spriggs, J Brown… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
Toxoplasma gondii is an important zoonotic protozoan parasite that can infect all warm-
blooded animals including mammals and birds. Raptors can be intermediate hosts for T …