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July 29, 2024
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Raccoon roundworms are quite new to Alberta but are likely to become more common wherever raccoons occur. This fact sheet provides basic information about the disease, its transmission cycle,...
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March 19, 2024
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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...
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March 13, 2024
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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...
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June 13, 2022
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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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November 15, 2021
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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...
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November 12, 2021
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This fact sheet provides information on legworms, which are long thin nematodes that can live beneath the skin of moose and deer, most often between the skin and the muscles and tendons of the...
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November 12, 2021
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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...
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Views: 293
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October 29, 2021
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Informational fact sheet regarding roundworms found in bears. Bear roundworms are large,and dramatic when you see them. But they pose no problem for bears or any other species.
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Views: 464
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October 29, 2021
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Canine parvovirus (CPV) is a highly contagious virus associated with gastrointestinal disease in wild and domestic canids (wolves, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs). This fact sheet provides...
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August 1, 2020
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This brochure provides instructions for hunters on how to collect nasal swab samples from harvested bighorn sheep. This sample collection is part of Alberta’s efforts to track potential pneumonia...