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Aspergillosis in Alberta

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Informational fact sheet regarding a fungal disease of birds. Part of Alberta's ongoing series of parasite and disease fact sheets.

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Chronic wasting disease in Alberta : year of first detection in a wildlife management unit (WMU)

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A colour-coded map depicting the years in which chronic wasting disease was first detected in various wildlife management units in the southeastern portion of the province of Alberta.

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Chronic wasting disease in Alberta : surveillance update

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Annual publication listing the number of positive chronic wasting disease (CWD) cases reported in Alberta, by type of animal (mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk and moose) and wildlife management ... More ≫

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Annual publication listing the number of positive chronic wasting disease (CWD) cases reported in Alberta, by type of animal (mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk and moose) and wildlife management unit. The reporting period for each surveillance season is April to March.

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Chronic wasting disease in wild cervids - Alberta

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Maps showing locations of positive chronic wasting disease cases in wild deer and other cervids detected in Alberta. Updated annually. Numbered geographic divisions in the maps indicate wildlife ... More ≫

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Maps showing locations of positive chronic wasting disease cases in wild deer and other cervids detected in Alberta. Updated annually. Numbered geographic divisions in the maps indicate wildlife management units. The reporting period for each surveillance season is April to March of the following year.

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Chronic wasting disease in Alberta by wildlife management unit

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This annual report lists statistics about the spread of chronic wasting disease cases in Alberta's deer species over time, starting from 2005, when the first such cases were reported. Statistics ... More ≫

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This annual report lists statistics about the spread of chronic wasting disease cases in Alberta's deer species over time, starting from 2005, when the first such cases were reported. Statistics are organized by the wildlife management unit in which cases were found, highlighting new cases by the calendar year in which the report was compiled.

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Rabbit haemorrhagic disease

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Provides basic information about an emerging disease concern and a potential risk to wild rabbits and hares . Also reports current status in Alberta.

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Bighorn sheep respiratory disease monitoring in Alberta : annual progress report

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This annual report recounts the progress made in monitoring respiratory disease in Alberta’s bighorn sheep populations.

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Science support document : mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) and sheep (Ovis canadensis) areas disease buffer

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This science support document provides a summary of biological and policy rationale for the mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) and bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) areas disease buffer wildlife ... More ≫

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This science support document provides a summary of biological and policy rationale for the mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) and bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) areas disease buffer wildlife sensitivity layer. Additionally, science support documents can be used by anyone to learn about a wildlife sensitivity layer and its connection to the Landscape Analysis Tool and associated conditions found in the Master Schedule of Standards and Conditions.

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Epizootic bacterial pneumonia of bighorn sheep in Alberta : Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae

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The Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae bacterium can cause a highly-contagious and fatal pneumonia in wild sheep, but rarely causes severe illness in domestic sheep and goats. This fact sheet explains why ... More ≫

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The Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae bacterium can cause a highly-contagious and fatal pneumonia in wild sheep, but rarely causes severe illness in domestic sheep and goats. This fact sheet explains why the bacterium is a concern, describes its transmission cycle, and lists tools that can be used to prevent it from entering Alberta's bighorn sheep population.

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Contagious ecthyma (aka Soremouth)

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Contagious ecthyma is a disease that can appear in wild populations of bighorn sheep and mountain goats in Alberta where they overlap with current or previous use by domestic stock. This fact ... More ≫

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Contagious ecthyma is a disease that can appear in wild populations of bighorn sheep and mountain goats in Alberta where they overlap with current or previous use by domestic stock. This fact sheet provides basic information about the disease, its transmission cycle, distribution in Alberta, importance for wildlife management, as well as its possible public significance and prevention/control methods.

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