• Multi-pathogen serological survey of migratory caribou herds: A snapshot in time 

      Carlsson, Anja M.; Curry, Patricia S.; Elkin, Brett T.; Russell, Donald E.; Veitch, Alasdair M.; Branigan, Marsha; Campbell, Mitch; Croft, Bruno; Cuyler, Christine; Côté, Steeve D.; Leclerc, Lise-Marie; Tryland, Morten; Nymo, Ingebjørg Helena; Kutz, Susan J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-31)
      Pathogens can impact host survival, fecundity, and population dynamics even when no obvious disease is observed. Few baseline data on pathogen prevalence and diversity of caribou are available, which hampers our ability to track changes over time and evaluate impacts on caribou health. Archived blood samples collected from ten migratory caribou herds in Canada and two in Greenland were used to test ...
    • A transdisciplinary approach to Brucella in Muskoxen of the Western Canadian Arctic 1989-2016 

      Tomaselli, Matilde; Elkin, Brett T.; Kutz, Susan; Harms, Naomi Jane; Nymo, Ingebjørg Helena; Davison, Tracy; Leclerc, Lise-Marie; Branigan, Marsha; Dumond, Mathieu; Tryland, Morten; Checkley, Sylvia L. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-14)
      Brucella serostatus was evaluated in 3189 muskoxen sampled between 1989 and 2016 from various locations of the Canadian Arctic archipelago and mainland, near the communities of Sachs Harbour and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, and Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk, Nunavut. Brucella antibodies were found only in muskoxen sampled around Cambridge Bay, both on southern Victoria Island and on the adjacent ...