Prevalence of Antibody to Toxoplasma gondii in the Moose (Alces alces americana Clinton) of Nova Scotia, Canada

S. J. Siepierski; C. E. Tanner; J. A. Embil

doi:10.2307/3282643

Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in free-ranging moose ( Alces alces ) hunted for human consumption in Estonia: Indicator host species for environmental Toxoplasma gondii oocyst contamination

Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports ◽

10.1016/j.vprsr.2017.11.001 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

pp. 6-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Noora Remes ◽

Age Kärssin ◽

Kärt Must ◽

Maarja Tagel ◽

Brian Lassen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Toxoplasma Gondii ◽

Host Species ◽

Alces Alces ◽

Human Consumption ◽

Free Ranging

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Antibodies to Francisella tularensis in the snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus struthopus) populations of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and in the moose (Alces alces americana Clinton) population of Nova Scotia

Canadian Journal of Microbiology ◽

10.1139/m82-061 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 403-405 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

M. B. Akerman ◽

J. A. Embil

Keyword(s):

Nova Scotia ◽

Francisella Tularensis ◽

Prince Edward Island ◽

Alces Alces ◽

Lepus Americanus ◽

Snowshoe Hare ◽

Serological Survey ◽

First Report ◽

Snowshoe Hares

A serological survey showed antibodies to Francisella tularensis present in 1.55% of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus struthopus) and 1.06% of moose (Alces alces americana Clinton) sampled in Nova Scotia. No antibody-positive hares were found in Prince Edward Island, however. We believe this to be the first report of antibodies to F. tularensis in the moose.

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Exposure to Toxoplasma gondii and Cat Ownership in Nova Scotia

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.89.6.1169 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 89 (6) ◽

pp. 1169-1172

Author(s):

Linda H. Pereira ◽

Miriam Staudt ◽

Charles E. Tanner ◽

Juan A. Embil

Keyword(s):

Nova Scotia ◽

Toxoplasma Gondii ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Geometric Mean ◽

Urban Children ◽

Rural Children ◽

Toxoplasma Infection ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

Diagnostic Center

In this survey, 998 children and adolescents between 7 months and 17 years of age who attended a hospital diagnostic center in the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, for routine evaluation were tested for Toxoplasma gondii antibody. The 5.2% prevalence rate of antibody for children living in the outlying rural areas was significantly higher than the 1.1% rate among the urban children (P = .0006). Seroprevalence increased with age for both rural and urban children. Cat ownership was associated with antibodies to Toxoplasma among rural children but not urban children. Rural children who lived in a house with more than one cat were two times more likely to be infected than children who had one cat and three times more likely to be infected than children with no cats. The geometric mean titer was also significantly higher among the rural children with more than one cat, 1:152, than rural children with one or no cats, 1:63 (P = .02). In light of these findings for children and adolescents, the association of Toxoplasma infection with cat ownership needs to be thoroughly evaluated among pregnant women in rural areas.

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COMPARISON OF A DEER YARD AND A MOOSE YARD IN NOVA SCOTIA

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/z67-061 ◽

1967 ◽

Vol 45 (4) ◽

pp. 485-490 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Edmund S. Telfer

Keyword(s):

Nova Scotia ◽

Snow Cover ◽

Odocoileus Virginianus ◽

Alces Alces

A winter concentration area or "yard" of moose (Alces alces) was compared with a nearby deer (Odocoileus virginianus) winter concentration area. Although both were on the middle of southwest facing slopes, the deer yard was steeper and drier. The deer yard was 500 ft lower in elevation and had a more continuous cover of heavy softwood, a thinner snow cover, and a smaller browse supply than the moose yard.

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Antibodies to the California group of arboviruses in the moose (Alces alces americana Clinton) population of Nova Scotia

Canadian Journal of Microbiology ◽

10.1139/m81-187 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 27 (11) ◽

pp. 1219-1223 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

B. L. McFarlane ◽

J. A. Embil ◽

H. Artsob ◽

L. Spence ◽

K. R. Rozee

Keyword(s):

Nova Scotia ◽

Hemagglutination Inhibition ◽

Alces Alces ◽

Snowshoe Hare ◽

Atlantic Canada ◽

First Finding ◽

Jamestown Canyon Virus ◽

Moose Population

Moose (Alces alces americana Clinton) blood collected by hunters during the 1977 and 1978 hunting seasons was tested for California group antibodies. Hemagglutination inhibition (HI) tests using snowshoe hare virus (SSH) as antigen yielded 37.02% HI-positive sera. Neutralization tests showed reactors (67.5% positive) to SSH and classified six reactors as Jamestown Canyon virus (JC). This study reports the first finding of JC in a moose population; it also provides the first evidence of JC in Atlantic Canada and supports previous findings of SSH in Nova Scotia.

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