The Devil's in the Diversity: Divergent Parasite Faunas and their Impacts on Body Condition in Two Greenland Caribou Populations

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dc.contributor.advisorKutz, Susan
dc.contributor.advisorOrsel, Karin
dc.contributor.authorSteele, Jillian Felise
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-15T18:33:50Z
dc.date.available2015-01-16T08:00:16Z
dc.date.issued2013-01-15
dc.date.submitted2013en
dc.description.abstractParasites are important components of ecosystems; significantly impacting host health, and informing on contemporary and historical host movements and environmental changes. I characterised gastrointestinal parasite faunas and assessed their associations to body condition and fecundity in two populations of west Greenland caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus). Parasite diversity was described using fecal flotations and examinations of abomasa and small intestines. Anoplocephalidae, Nematodirinae and “Strongyle”-type eggs and Eimeria oocysts were found in fecal samples from both populations, but Marshallagia spp. eggs were only found in those from Kangerlussuaq-Sisimiut. Adult nematodes were recovered from all abomasa, with Marshallagia marshalli and Teladorsagia boreoarcticus from Kangerlussuaq- Sisimiut and Ostertagia gruehneri from Akia-Maniitsoq caribou. I hypothesise these faunas were structured by parasite loss during caribou colonization and subsequent parasite spill-over from introduced muskoxen and reindeer. Body condition of caribou from both populations was negatively associated with adult nematode intensity; however, fecundity was only associated with O. gruehneri.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationSteele, J. F. (2013). The Devil's in the Diversity: Divergent Parasite Faunas and their Impacts on Body Condition in Two Greenland Caribou Populations (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28063en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28063
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/420
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.facultyVeterinary Medicine
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectParasitology
dc.subjectVeterinary Science
dc.subjectZoology
dc.subject.classificationRangifer sp.en_US
dc.subject.classificationGastrointestinal Parasitesen_US
dc.subject.classificationNematodaen_US
dc.subject.classificationCaribouen_US
dc.subject.classificationGreenlanden_US
dc.subject.classificationInvasion Biologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationOstertagia gruehnerien_US
dc.subject.classificationTeladorsagia boreoarcticusen_US
dc.subject.classificationMarshallagia marshallien_US
dc.subject.classificationBody Conditionen_US
dc.titleThe Devil's in the Diversity: Divergent Parasite Faunas and their Impacts on Body Condition in Two Greenland Caribou Populations
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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