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2. Gross and histopathologic diagnoses from North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis mortalities between 2003 and 2018
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Sharp, SM, primary, McLellan, WA, additional, Rotstein, DS, additional, Costidis, AM, additional, Barco, SG, additional, Durham, K, additional, Pitchford, TD, additional, Jackson, KA, additional, Daoust, PY, additional, Wimmer, T, additional, Couture, EL, additional, Bourque, L, additional, Frasier, T, additional, Frasier, B, additional, Fauquier, D, additional, Rowles, TK, additional, Hamilton, PK, additional, Pettis, H, additional, and Moore, MJ, additional
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- 2019
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3. Causes of mortality of harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Canada
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Fenton, H, primary, Daoust, PY, additional, Forzán, MJ, additional, Vanderstichel, RV, additional, Ford, JKB, additional, Spaven, L, additional, Lair, S, additional, and Raverty, S, additional
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- 2017
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4. Wild bird influenza survey, Canada, 2005.
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Parmley EJ, Bastien N, Booth TF, Bowes V, Buck PA, Breault A, Caswell D, Daoust PY, Davies JC, Elahi SM, Fortin M, Kibenge F, King R, Li Y, North N, Ojkic D, Pasick J, Pryor SP, Robinson J, and Rodrigue J
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Of 4,268 wild ducks sampled in Canada in 2005, real-time reverse transcriptase-PCR detected influenza A matrix protein (M1) gene sequence in 37% and H5 gene sequence in 5%. Mallards accounted for 61% of samples, 73% of M1-positive ducks, and 90% of H5-positive ducks. Ducks hatched in 2005 accounted for 80% of the sample. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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5. Renal Coccidial Infection in North American Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus).
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Greenwood SJ, Decelles N, Jones MEB, and Daoust PY
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- Animals, Environmental Monitoring, Birds, North America, Morus, Eimeria
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We identified by light microscopy micro- and macrogametes and oocysts of renal coccidia in 78 of 220 (35.5%) Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) from the western North Atlantic population. This infection was not considered clinically significant in any of the affected birds, although the potential effect of this parasite in breeding colonies, particularly among nestlings, is unknown. Analysis of the 18S rRNA gene from frozen renal tissue by PCR and subsequent sequencing revealed 95.6% identity with Eimeria auritusi from Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus), suggesting a novel Eimeria sp. in the Northern Gannets., (© Wildlife Disease Association 2023.)
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- 2023
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6. Occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella species and potentially pathogenic Escherichia coli in free-living seals of Canadian Atlantic and eastern Arctic waters.
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Saab ME, Vanier G, Sudlovenick E, Powell AL, Simonee J, Desmarais G, Muckle CA, Fairbrother JM, and Daoust PY
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- Humans, Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Canada epidemiology, Drug Resistance, Bacterial genetics, Salmonella, beta-Lactams, Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, Seals, Earless
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Seal populations in Canadian waters provide sustenance to coastal communities. There is potential for pathogenic and/or antimicrobial-resistant bacteria to transfer to humans through inadvertent faecal contamination of seal products. The objective of this study was to investigate the occurrence and potential antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes in faecal samples collected from grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and from ringed seals (Pusa hispida) in Frobisher Bay and Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada. Grey seals were harvested during commercial hunts or during scientific sampling; ringed seals were collected by Inuit hunters during subsistence harvests. Virulence genes defining pathogenic E. coli were identified by PCR, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed on recovered isolates. In grey seals, E. coli was detected in 34/44 (77%) samples, and pathogenic E. coli (extraintestinal E. coli [ExPEC], enteropathogenic E. coli [EPEC] or ExPEC/EPEC) was detected in 13/44 (29%) samples. Non-susceptibility to beta-lactams and quinolones was observed in isolates from 18 grey seals. In ringed seals from Frobisher Bay, E. coli was detected in 4/45 (9%) samples; neither virulence genes nor antimicrobial resistance was detected in these isolates. In ringed seals from Eclipse Sound, E. coli was detected in 8/50 (16%) samples and pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC and ExPEC/EPEC) in 5/50 (10%) samples. One seal from Eclipse Sound had an E. coli isolate resistant to beta-lactams. A monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium was recovered from 8/50 (16%) seals from Eclipse Sound. All Salmonella isolates were resistant to ampicillin, streptomycin, sulfisoxazole and tetracycline. L. monocytogenes was not detected in any sample. These findings suggest that seals may act as important sentinel species and as reservoirs or vectors for antimicrobial-resistant and virulent E. coli and Salmonella species. Further characterization of these isolates would provide additional insights into the source and spread of antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes in these populations of free-living seals., (© 2023 The Authors. Zoonoses and Public Health published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.)
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- 2023
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7. Age-specific trace element bioaccumulation in grey seals from the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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MacMillan GA, Amyot M, Daoust PY, and Lemire M
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- Age Factors, Animals, Bioaccumulation, Canada, Female, Humans, Male, Seals, Earless, Trace Elements analysis
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We measured concentrations of 19 trace elements and mercury speciation in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) from the Gulf of St. Lawrence (GSL), Canada. With interest growing in commercializing grey seal products for human consumption in this region, our goal was to measure essential and non-essential trace elements in grey seals to evaluate health concerns and nutritional benefits. From 2015 to 2019, 120 grey seals were sampled by hunters and researchers at 4 sites in the GSL. Muscle, liver, heart and kidney samples were analyzed for 10 non-essential elements (Sb, As, Be, B, Cd, Pb, Hg, Ni, Tl, Sn) and 9 essential elements (Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Mo, Se, Zn). Both total mercury (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg) were analyzed for a subset of samples. Results showed a two-step bioaccumulation pattern with lower element concentrations in the muscle (Fe, Mg, Se) and livers (Cd, Cr, Hg, Mn, Mo, Se) of young-of-the-year harvested in the winter (<6 wks old) compared to older animals feeding at sea. We did not observe progressive age-dependent bioaccumulation for older seals (∼5 mos-29 yrs). Sex-specific differences were not very pronounced, but a few elements were 30-70% higher in the muscle (THg, MeHg) and liver (Mn, Zn) of male seals. Comparison to Canadian dietary reference intakes shows that a weekly portion of liver from young-of-the-year (<6 wks old) is a good source of essential elements (Cu, Fe) and that muscle and liver from this age category do not exceed reference values for toxic elements (As, Cd, Pb, MeHg). Discussions with regional public health professionals are on-going to develop dietary recommendations for the consumption of older grey seals., (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2022
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8. A SYNDROME OF ISCHEMIC LEG NECROSIS IN NORTHERN GANNETS (MORUS BASSANUS).
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Jones MEB and Daoust PY
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- Animals, Birds, Canada, Environmental Monitoring, Necrosis veterinary, Morus
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The Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) is a large marine bird whose whole North American population breeds in waters of eastern Canada. Opportunities to identify causes of morbidity and mortality in recently hatched birds of this species are therefore limited to this region of North America. During the three decades since 1990 of wildlife health surveillance at the Atlantic regional center of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, what appears to be a previously undescribed syndrome of ischemic leg necrosis affecting mainly hatch-year Northern Gannets has emerged, which may relate to some unique aspects of the life history of these birds. This syndrome, observed in 14 birds, is characterized by severe necrosis and fibrinopurulent inflammation of soft tissues of the feet extending along the whole tarsometatarsus. An infectious cause is proposed to explain the pattern of lesions observed in these birds, possibly favored by a specialized and rich vascular system in their legs and feet. An acute or subacute cardiomyopathy, thought to be secondary to the severe leg lesions, was also observed microscopically in six of these birds., (© Wildlife Disease Association 2021.)
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- 2021
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9. PATHOLOGY OF NORTHERN FULMARS (FULMARUS GLACIALIS) AND SHEARWATERS BEACHED ON SABLE ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA.
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Daoust PY, Wong S, Holland E, and Lucas ZN
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- Animals, Birds, Canada, Environmental Monitoring, Nova Scotia epidemiology, Gastrointestinal Contents, Mustelidae
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Marine birds are frequently found dead on beaches, either from natural or from anthropogenic causes. Complete necropsies of those carcasses can provide valuable information, particularly for pelagic species, such as Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) and shearwaters, which come to land only to breed and for which information on diseases that may affect them is, therefore, sparse. Between 2000 and 2012, 315 carcasses of four species of Procellariiformes (173 Northern Fulmars, 89 Great Shearwaters [Ardenna gravis], 50 Sooty Shearwaters [Ardenna grisea], and three Cory's Shearwaters [Calonectris diomedea]) were collected on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, an isolated island near the edge of the continental shelf. A complete necropsy, including examination for the presence of ingested plastic, was performed on all carcasses. Most (70%) of these birds were immature. The cause of death was undetermined in 22% (n=70) of the birds: 36% (62/173) of the Northern Fulmars, 4% (4/89) of the Great Shearwaters, 6% (3/50) of the Sooty Shearwaters, and 33% (1/3) of the Cory's Shearwaters. Emaciation was considered the primary cause of death in 91% of the remaining 245 birds: 87% (97/111) of the Northern Fulmars, 92% (78/85) of the Great Shearwaters, 100% (47/47) of the Sooty Shearwaters, and 100% (2/2) of the Cory's Shearwaters. Notable primary causes of death other than emaciation included mycobacteriosis and neoplasia in Northern Fulmars and transmural parasitic proventriculitis in Great Shearwaters. For Northern Fulmars, nutritional condition (as determined semiquantitatively) was compared with other parameters. Birds in good nutritional condition had heavier body mass and flight muscle mass than those in poor nutritional condition (P<0.01). More adults were in poor nutritional condition than expected by chance (91%; χ2=8.23, P<0.01), whereas only 57% of immature birds were in poor condition. There was no relationship between nutritional condition and sex or mass of ingested plastic. Our study provides information on some previously unsuspected health threats in Procellariiformes., (© Wildlife Disease Association 2021.)
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- 2021
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10. Detection and Preliminary Characterization of Phocine Distemper Virus in a Stranded Harp Seal ( Pagophilus groenlandicus ) from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada.
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Daoust PY, Rodrigues TCS, Shea LB, Subramaniam K, Waltzek TB, and Nielsen O
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- Animals, Distemper epidemiology, Distemper pathology, Male, Prince Edward Island epidemiology, Distemper virology, Distemper Virus, Phocine isolation & purification, Seals, Earless virology
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A lethargic juvenile male harp seal ( Pagophilus groenlandicus ) in poor nutritional condition was found on the beach on the north shore of Prince Edward Island, Canada, in June 2017. Microscopic examination revealed a severe nonsuppurative encephalitis positive for morbillivirus antigen on immunohistochemistry. Virus isolation attempts were negative. However, phocine distemper virus (PDV) was detected in brain tissue RNA extracts by a seminested reverse transcription PCR that targeted the paramyxovirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase ( pol ) gene. Comparison of the resulting partial PDV pol nucleotide sequence revealed it was nearly identical to PDV strains isolated from eastern Atlantic harbor seals ( Phoca vitulina vitulina ) during a 1988 epizootic in the Wadden and Irish seas, and a western Atlantic harbor seal ( Phoca vitulina concolor ) that stranded in Maine, US, in 2006. Our study confirmed that closely related PDV strains are circulating in multiple seal species along the coastlines of North America and Europe.
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- 2020
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11. Benzo(a)pyrene suppresses tracheal antimicrobial peptide gene expression in bovine tracheal epithelial cells.
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Bourque LA, Raverty S, Co C, Lillie BN, Daoust PY, Clark ME, and Caswell JL
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- Animals, Cattle, Cells, Cultured, Dimethyl Sulfoxide pharmacology, Epithelial Cells metabolism, Gene Expression drug effects, In Vitro Techniques, Lipopolysaccharides pharmacology, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction veterinary, Trachea metabolism, Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides metabolism, Benzo(a)pyrene pharmacology, Epithelial Cells drug effects, Trachea drug effects
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Respiratory disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in cetaceans, which are also threatened by environmental degradation caused by crude oil spills. Following oil spills, cetaceans at the water surface may inhale droplets of oil containing toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which could potentially alter respiratory immunity via activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) and its subsequent interaction with nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB). β-defensins are antimicrobial peptides secreted by airway epithelial cells and their expression is known to be dependent on NF-κB. We hypothesized that PAHs may suppress the expression of β-defensins, and thereby contribute to the pathogenesis of pneumonia. This hypothesis was modeled by measuring the in vitro effects of benzo(a)pyrene (BAP), phenanthrene, and naphthalene on tracheal antimicrobial peptide (TAP) gene expression in bovine tracheal epithelial cells. Stimulation with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced 20 ± 17-fold (mean ± SD) increased TAP gene expression. Exposure of tracheal epithelial cells to 5 μM BAP for 4 or 8 h, followed by incubation with a combination of LPS and 5 μM BAP for another 16 h, significantly (P = 0.002) suppressed LPS-induced TAP gene expression by 40.6 ± 21.8% (mean ± SD) in tracheal epithelial cells from 9 calves tested. BAP-induced suppression of TAP gene expression coincided with induction of cytochrome P450 1A1 gene expression. In contrast, phenanthrene and naphthalene had no consistent effect, and exposure to PAHs did not significantly affect constitutive TAP gene expression (i.e. without LPS). These findings characterize the suppressive effects of BAP-a toxic pollutant found in crude oil-on this respiratory innate immune response., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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12. Plastic and Non-plastic Debris Ingestion in Three Gull Species Feeding in an Urban Landfill Environment.
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Seif S, Provencher JF, Avery-Gomm S, Daoust PY, Mallory ML, and Smith PA
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- Age Factors, Animals, Environmental Monitoring methods, Female, Male, Metals, Newfoundland and Labrador, Waste Products analysis, Charadriiformes, Environmental Exposure analysis, Plastics analysis, Waste Disposal Facilities
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Plastic debris is recognized as a widespread, common and problematic environmental pollutant. An important consequence of this pollution is the ingestion of plastic debris by wildlife. Assessing the degree to which different species ingest plastics, and the potential effects of these plastics on their health are important research needs for understanding the impacts of plastic pollution. We examined debris (plastic and other types) ingestion in three sympatric overwintering gull species (Herring gulls Larus smithsonianus, Great Black-backed Gulls Larus marinus, and Iceland Gulls Larus glaucoides) to understand how debris ingestion differs among species, age classes and sexes in gulls. We also assessed how plastic burdens were associated with body condition to investigate how gulls may be affected by debris ingestion. There were no differences among the species, age classes or sexes in the incidence of debris ingestion (plastic or otherwise), the mass or number of debris pieces ingested. We found no correlation between ingested plastics burdens and individual condition. Gulls ingested plastic debris, but also showed high levels of other debris types as well, including metal, glass and building materials, including a metal piece of debris found within an abscess in the stomach. Thus, when the health effects of debris ingestion on gulls, and other species that ingest debris, is of interest, either from a physical or chemical perspective, it may be necessary to consider all debris types and not just plastic burdens as is often currently done for seabirds.
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- 2018
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13. Pathogenesis of Frog Virus 3 ( Ranavirus, Iridoviridae) Infection in Wood Frogs ( Rana sylvatica).
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Forzán MJ, Jones KM, Ariel E, Whittington RJ, Wood J, Markham RJF, and Daoust PY
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- Animals, Animals, Wild virology, DNA Virus Infections pathology, DNA Virus Infections virology, Male, Ranidae genetics, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction veterinary, DNA Virus Infections veterinary, Ranavirus pathogenicity, Ranidae virology
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Wood frogs ( Rana sylvatica) are highly susceptible to infection with Frog virus 3 (FV3, Ranavirus, Iridoviridae), a cause of mass mortality in wild populations. To elucidate the pathogenesis of FV3 infection in wood frogs, 40 wild-caught adults were acclimated to captivity, inoculated orally with a fatal dose of 10
4.43 pfu/frog, and euthanized at 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 9, and 14 days postinfection (dpi). Mild lesions occurred sporadically in the skin (petechiae) and bone marrow (necrosis) during the first 2 dpi. Severe lesions occurred 1 to 2 weeks postinfection and consisted of necrosis of medullary and extramedullary hematopoietic tissue, lymphoid tissue in spleen and throughout the body, and epithelium of skin, mucosae, and renal tubules. Viral DNA was first detected (polymerase chain reaction) in liver at 4 dpi; by dpi 9 and 14, all viscera tested (liver, kidney, and spleen), skin, and feces were positive. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) first detected viral antigen in small areas devoid of histologic lesions in the oral mucosa, lung, and colon at 4 dpi; by 9 and 14 dpi, IHC labeling of viral antigen associated with necrosis was found in multiple tissues. Based on IHC staining intensity and lesion severity, the skin, oral, and gastrointestinal epithelium and renal tubular epithelium were important sites of viral replication and shedding, suggesting that direct contact (skin) and fecal-oral contamination are effective routes of transmission and that skin tissue, oral, and cloacal swabs may be appropriate antemortem diagnostic samples in late stages of disease (>1 week postinfection) but poor samples to detect infection in clinically healthy frogs.- Published
- 2017
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14. Abdominal Cysticercosis in a Red Fox ( Vulpes vulpes ).
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Whipp CJ, Daoust PY, Conboy G, and Gelens H
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- Animals, Canada, North America, Prince Edward Island, Cysticercosis veterinary, Foxes parasitology
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A large abdominal mass containing numerous cysticerci identified as those of Taenia crassiceps (=Cysticercus longicollis) was found in the pelvic region of the abdominal cavity of a severely constipated and emaciated red fox ( Vulpes vulpes ) in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Cysticercosis has not previously been reported in a wild canid in North America.
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- 2017
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15. A study of wrecked Dovekies (Alle alle) in the western North Atlantic highlights the importance of using standardized methods to quantify plastic ingestion.
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Avery-Gomm S, Valliant M, Schacter CR, Robbins KF, Liboiron M, Daoust PY, Rios LM, and Jones IL
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- Animals, Birds, Canada, Eating, Food Chain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Plastics metabolism, Water Pollutants analysis, Charadriiformes metabolism, Environmental Monitoring methods, Gastrointestinal Contents chemistry, Plastics analysis, Water Pollutants metabolism
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Quantification of plastic ingestion across a range of seabirds is required to assess the prevalence of plastics in marine food webs. We quantified plastic ingestion in beached Dovekies (Alle alle), following a wreck in Newfoundland, Canada. Of 171 birds, 30.4% had ingested plastic (mean 0.81±0.30 SE pieces per bird, mass 0.005±0.002 SE g per bird). Most plastics were fragments of polyethylene and polypropylene. Surprisingly, 37% were burned or melted, indicating a previously unreported source of ingested plastics (incinerated waste). We found no relationship between plastic ingestion and age, sex or body condition. By comparing our results with a similar nearby study, we illustrate the need for researchers to adopt standardized methods for plastic ingestion studies. We underline the importance of using histological techniques to reliably identify gastric pathologies, and advise caution when inferring population level trends in plastic ingestion from studies of emaciated, wrecked birds., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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16. VALIDATION OF ULTRASOUND AS A NONINVASIVE TOOL TO MEASURE SUBCUTANEOUS FAT DEPTH IN LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLES (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA).
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Harris HS, Benson SR, James MC, Martin KJ, Stacy BA, Daoust PY, Rist PM, Work TM, Balazs GH, and Seminoff JA
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- Animals, Ultrasonography methods, Adipose Tissue diagnostic imaging, Turtles anatomy & histology, Ultrasonography veterinary
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Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) undergo substantial cyclical changes in body condition between foraging and nesting. Ultrasonography has been used to measure subcutaneous fat as an indicator of body condition in many species but has not been applied in sea turtles. To validate this technique in leatherback turtles, ultrasound images were obtained from 36 live-captured and dead-stranded immature and adult turtles from foraging and nesting areas in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Ultrasound measurements were compared with direct measurements from surgical biopsy or necropsy. Tissue architecture was confirmed histologically in a subset of turtles. The dorsal shoulder region provided the best site for differentiation of tissues. Maximum fat depth values with the front flipper in a neutral (45-90°) position demonstrated good correlation with direct measurements. Ultrasound-derived fat measurements may be used in the future for quantitative assessment of body condition as an index of health in this critically endangered species.
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- 2016
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17. Solitary Large Intestinal Diverticulitis in Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea).
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Stacy BA, Innis CJ, Daoust PY, Wyneken J, Miller M, Harris H, James MC, Christiansen EF, and Foley A
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- Animals, Diverticulitis pathology, Endangered Species, Female, Intestinal Diseases pathology, Male, Diverticulitis veterinary, Diverticulum veterinary, Intestinal Diseases veterinary, Turtles
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Leatherback sea turtles are globally distributed and endangered throughout their range. There are limited data available on disease in this species. Initial observations of solitary large intestinal diverticulitis in multiple leatherbacks led to a multi-institutional review of cases. Of 31 subadult and adult turtles for which complete records were available, all had a single exudate-filled diverticulum, as large as 9.0 cm in diameter, arising from the large intestine immediately distal to the ileocecal junction. All lesions were chronic and characterized by ongoing inflammation, numerous intralesional bacteria, marked attenuation of the muscularis, ulceration, and secondary mucosal changes. In three cases, Morganella morganii was isolated from lesions. Diverticulitis was unrelated to the cause of death in all cases, although risk of perforation and other complications are possible., (© The Author(s) 2014.)
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- 2015
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18. Clinical signs, pathology and dose-dependent survival of adult wood frogs, Rana sylvatica, inoculated orally with frog virus 3 Ranavirus sp., Iridoviridae.
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Forzán MJ, Jones KM, Vanderstichel RV, Wood J, Kibenge FSB, Kuiken T, Wirth W, Ariel E, and Daoust PY
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- Animal Experimentation, Animals, Bone Marrow pathology, Bone Marrow virology, DNA Virus Infections mortality, DNA Virus Infections pathology, DNA Virus Infections virology, DNA, Viral isolation & purification, Feces virology, Kidney pathology, Kidney virology, Lethal Dose 50, Liver pathology, Liver virology, Ranavirus isolation & purification, Skin pathology, Skin virology, Spleen pathology, Spleen virology, Survival Analysis, Virus Shedding, DNA Virus Infections veterinary, Ranavirus growth & development, Ranidae virology
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Amphibian populations suffer massive mortalities from infection with frog virus 3 FV3, genus Ranavirus, family Iridoviridae, a pathogen also involved in mortalities of fish and reptiles. Experimental oral infection with FV3 in captive-raised adult wood frogs, Rana sylvatica Lithobates sylvaticus, was performed as the first step in establishing a native North American animal model of ranaviral disease to study pathogenesis and host response. Oral dosing was successful LD50 was 10(2.93 2.423.44) p.f.u. for frogs averaging 35mm in length. Onset of clinical signs occurred 614days post-infection p.i. median 11 days p.i. and time to death was 1014 days p.i. median 12 days p.i.. Each tenfold increase in virus dose increased the odds of dying by 23-fold and accelerated onset of clinical signs and death by approximately 15. Ranavirus DNA was demonstrated in skin and liver of all frogs that died or were euthanized because of severe clinical signs. Shedding of virus occurred in faeces 710 days p.i. 34.5days before death and skin sheds 10 days p.i. 01.5days before death of some frogs dead from infection. Most common lesions were dermal erosion and haemorrhages haematopoietic necrosis in bone marrow, kidney, spleen and liver and necrosis in renal glomeruli, tongue, gastrointestinal tract and urinary bladder mucosa. Presence of ranavirus in lesions was confirmed by immunohistochemistry. Intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies probably viral were present in the bone marrow and the epithelia of the oral cavity, gastrointestinal tract, renal tubules and urinary bladder. Our work describes a ranaviruswood frog model and provides estimates that can be incorporated into ranavirus disease ecology models., (© 2015 The Authors.)
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- 2015
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19. Plastic ingestion by fulmars and shearwaters at Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Bond AL, Provencher JF, Daoust PY, and Lucas ZN
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- Animals, Feeding Behavior, Female, Gastrointestinal Contents chemistry, Male, Nova Scotia, Bird Diseases pathology, Charadriiformes, Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Pollutants toxicity, Plastics, Waste Products analysis
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Plastic pollution is widespread in the marine environment, and plastic ingestion by seabirds is now widely reported for dozens of species. Beached Northern Fulmars, Great Shearwaters, Sooty Shearwaters and Cory's Shearwaters are found on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada regularly, and they can be used to assess plastic pollution. All species except Cory's Shearwaters contained plastic debris in their gastrointestinal tracts. Northern Fulmars, Sooty Shearwaters and Great Shearwaters all showed high prevalence of plastic ingestion (>72%), with Northern Fulmars having the highest number and mass of plastics among the species examined. There was no difference in plastic ingestion between sexes or age classes. In all species user plastics made up the majority of the pieces found, with industrial pellets representing only a small proportion in the samples. Sable Island could be an important monitoring site for plastic pollution in Atlantic Canada., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2014
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20. Replication of 2 subtypes of low-pathogenicity avian influenza virus of duck and gull origins in experimentally infected Mallard ducks.
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Daoust PY, van de Bildt M, van Riel D, van Amerongen G, Bestebroer T, Vanderstichel R, Fouchier RA, and Kuiken T
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- Air Sacs virology, Animals, Cloaca pathology, Cloaca virology, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Immunohistochemistry veterinary, Influenza A virus classification, Influenza A virus isolation & purification, Influenza A virus pathogenicity, Influenza in Birds pathology, Intestinal Mucosa pathology, Intestinal Mucosa virology, Lung pathology, Lung virology, Male, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction veterinary, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction veterinary, Virus Shedding, Charadriiformes virology, Ducks virology, Influenza A virus physiology, Influenza in Birds virology, Virus Replication
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Many subtypes of low-pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) virus circulate in wild bird reservoirs, but their prevalence may vary among species. We aimed to compare by real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, virus isolation, histology, and immunohistochemistry the distribution and pathogenicity of 2 such subtypes of markedly different origins in Mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos): H2N3 isolated from a Mallard duck and H13N6 isolated from a Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis). Following intratracheal and intraesophageal inoculation, neither virus caused detectable clinical signs, although H2N3 virus infection was associated with a significantly decreased body weight gain during the period of virus shedding. Both viruses replicated in the lungs and air sacs until approximately day 3 after inoculation and were associated with a locally extensive interstitial, exudative, and proliferative pneumonia. Subtype H2N3, but not subtype H13N6, went on to infect the epithelia of the intestinal mucosa and cloacal bursa, where it replicated without causing lesions until approximately day 5 after inoculation. Larger quantities of subtype H2N3 virus were detected in cloacal swabs than in pharyngeal swabs. The possible clinical significance of LPAI virus-associated pulmonary lesions and intestinal tract infection in ducks deserves further evaluation.
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- 2013
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21. Assessment of management to mitigate anthropogenic effects on large whales.
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Van der Hoop JM, Moore MJ, Barco SG, Cole TV, Daoust PY, Henry AG, McAlpine DF, McLellan WA, Wimmer T, and Solow AR
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- Animals, Canada, Conservation of Natural Resources legislation & jurisprudence, Human Activities, Humans, Population Dynamics, United States, Conservation of Natural Resources methods, Whales physiology
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United States and Canadian governments have responded to legal requirements to reduce human-induced whale mortality via vessel strikes and entanglement in fishing gear by implementing a suite of regulatory actions. We analyzed the spatial and temporal patterns of mortality of large whales in the Northwest Atlantic (23.5°N to 48.0°N), 1970 through 2009, in the context of management changes. We used a multinomial logistic model fitted by maximum likelihood to detect trends in cause-specific mortalities with time. We compared the number of human-caused mortalities with U.S. federally established levels of potential biological removal (i.e., species-specific sustainable human-caused mortality). From 1970 through 2009, 1762 mortalities (all known) and serious injuries (likely fatal) involved 8 species of large whales. We determined cause of death for 43% of all mortalities; of those, 67% (502) resulted from human interactions. Entanglement in fishing gear was the primary cause of death across all species (n = 323), followed by natural causes (n = 248) and vessel strikes (n = 171). Established sustainable levels of mortality were consistently exceeded in 2 species by up to 650%. Probabilities of entanglement and vessel-strike mortality increased significantly from 1990 through 2009. There was no significant change in the local intensity of all or vessel-strike mortalities before and after 2003, the year after which numerous mitigation efforts were enacted. So far, regulatory efforts have not reduced the lethal effects of human activities to large whales on a population-range basis, although we do not exclude the possibility of success of targeted measures for specific local habitats that were not within the resolution of our analyses. It is unclear how shortfalls in management design or compliance relate to our findings. Analyses such as the one we conducted are crucial in critically evaluating wildlife-management decisions. The results of these analyses can provide managers with direction for modifying regulated measures and can be applied globally to mortality-driven conservation issues., (©2012 Society for Conservation Biology.)
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- 2013
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22. Replication of low pathogenic avian influenza virus in naturally infected Mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) causes no morphologic lesions.
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Daoust PY, Kibenge FS, Fouchier RA, van de Bildt MW, van Riel D, and Kuiken T
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- Animals, Cloaca virology, Disease Reservoirs virology, Female, Immunohistochemistry veterinary, Influenza A virus classification, Influenza A virus pathogenicity, Influenza in Birds epidemiology, Male, Prince Edward Island epidemiology, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction veterinary, Virulence, Disease Reservoirs veterinary, Ducks virology, Influenza A virus isolation & purification, Influenza in Birds pathology
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Although the Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) is considered an important maintenance host for low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) viruses, viral cell tropism and pathology in naturally infected birds are largely unknown. In August 2006, we collected 19 free-living hatch-year Mallards that were positive for LPAI virus by real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) in combined oropharyngeal and cloacal swabs. We investigated virus infection and associated lesions in the digestive and respiratory tracts by RRT-PCR, virus culture, immunohistochemistry (IHC), and histology. By RRT-PCR, 15 birds were positive in cloacal bursa, colon/cloaca, or both, and three were positive in lungs. Virus was isolated from eight birds and typed as H2N3 (three birds), H3N3 (two birds), H3N8 (one bird), H4N6 (one bird), and H?N3 (one bird). By IHC, birds were positive in the cloacal bursa (eight birds), colon (three), cecum (two), or ileum (one). Cell types infected were superficial epithelial cells of the bursa and epithelial cells of the intestinal villi and, less commonly, mucosal glands. By histology, there was no evidence of lesions associated with LPAI virus infection. These results show that epithelia of the cloacal bursa and of the lower intestine are important sites of natural LPAI virus infection in free-living hatch-year Mallards. The lack of lesions associated with this infection suggests that there is a strong selection by LPAI virus to cause minimal virulence in this maintenance host species.
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- 2011
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23. Canine distemper virus-associated encephalitis in free-living lynx (Lynx canadensis) and bobcats (Lynx rufus) of eastern Canada.
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Daoust PY, McBurney SR, Godson DL, van de Bildt MW, and Osterhaus AD
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- Animals, Animals, Wild virology, Base Sequence, Canada epidemiology, Distemper pathology, Encephalitis, Viral epidemiology, Encephalitis, Viral pathology, Encephalitis, Viral virology, Female, Immunohistochemistry veterinary, Male, Nematode Infections epidemiology, Nematode Infections pathology, Nematode Infections veterinary, Protozoan Infections, Animal epidemiology, Protozoan Infections, Animal pathology, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction veterinary, Distemper epidemiology, Distemper Virus, Canine isolation & purification, Encephalitis, Viral veterinary, Lynx virology
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Between 1993 and 1999, encephalitis caused by morbillivirus was diagnosed by immunohistochemistry and histology in six lynx (Lynx canadensis) and one bobcat (Lynx rufus) in the eastern Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Five of the six cases in lynx occurred within an 11-mo period in 1996-97. A second bobcat with encephalitis caused by unidentified protozoa and a nematode larva also had immunohistochemical evidence of neurologic infection by morbillivirus. The virus was identified as canine distemper virus (CDV) by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and nucleotide sequencing in four of five animals from which frozen tissue samples were available, and it was isolated in cell culture from one of them. To our knowledge, this is the first report of disease caused by CDV in free-living felids in North America.
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- 2009
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24. Mercury concentrations in wild mink (Mustela vison) and river otters (Lontra canadensis) collected from eastern and Atlantic Canada: relationship to age and parasitism.
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Klenavic K, Champoux L, Mike O, Daoust PY, Evans RD, and Evans HE
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- Aging physiology, Animals, Brain Chemistry, Canada, Female, Hair chemistry, Liver chemistry, Male, Mercury metabolism, Methylmercury Compounds analysis, Methylmercury Compounds metabolism, Water Pollutants, Chemical metabolism, Environmental Monitoring methods, Mercury analysis, Mink metabolism, Otters metabolism, Water Pollutants, Chemical analysis
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Total mercury (Hg) concentrations were measured in the fur, brain and liver of wild mink (Mustela vison) and river otters (Lontra canadensis) collected from eastern and Atlantic Canada. Total Hg concentrations in fur were strongly correlated with levels in the brain and liver. There was no difference in tissue concentrations between male and female mink; however, female otters had significantly higher fur, brain and liver Hg levels than males. Similarly, there was not a significant relationship between Hg concentration and age of mink, whereas in otters, Hg concentrations in all three tissues decreased significantly with age. In both species, only a very small percentage of the variability in Hg concentration was explained by age. After adjusting the data for site-to-site differences in Hg levels, Hg concentrations in the fur of mink infected by the parasite, Dioctophyma renale, were found to be significantly higher than Hg levels in uninfected mink.
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- 2008
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25. Gross and histologic evidence of sharp and blunt trauma in North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) killed by vessels.
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Campbell-Malone R, Barco SG, Daoust PY, Knowlton AR, McLellan WA, Rotstein DS, and Moore MJ
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- Animals, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Fractures, Bone epidemiology, Fractures, Bone pathology, Fractures, Bone veterinary, Pregnancy, Wounds, Nonpenetrating epidemiology, Wounds, Nonpenetrating mortality, Wounds, Nonpenetrating pathology, Wounds, Penetrating epidemiology, Wounds, Penetrating mortality, Wounds, Penetrating pathology, Ships, Whales injuries, Wounds, Nonpenetrating veterinary, Wounds, Penetrating veterinary
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Vessel-whale collision events represented the ultimate cause of death for 21 (52.5%) of the 40 North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) necropsied between 1970 and December 2006. Injuries seen in vessel-struck whales fall into two distinct categories: 1) sharp trauma, often resulting from contact with the propeller, and 2) blunt trauma, presumably resulting from contact with a vessel's hull. This study analyzes four trauma cases that resulted from vessel-whale collisions, which together provide a framework for a more critical understanding of lethal blunt and sharp trauma resulting from vessel collisions with right whales. In case no. 1, contact with a propeller resulted in three deep lacerations. The animal survived acute trauma only to succumb nearly 14 years later when the lesions reopened and became infected. In case no. 2, anecdotal reports linked the laceration of large arteries of the peduncle and histologic evidence of perimortem trauma at a bone fracture site to vessel-whale collision trauma. Case no. 3 had a laceration of the oral rete and a fracture of the rostrum. Both of the areas displayed histologic evidence of perimortem blunt trauma. Finally, in case no. 4, an antemortem mandibular fracture, two additional skull fractures, and widespread hemorrhage were consistent with severe blunt trauma. Evidence from each case, including the timing of trauma relative to the time of death and identifying characteristics of both trauma types, are presented. Before this study, no detailed comparative analysis of trauma pathology that resulted from lethal interactions between vessels and right whales had been conducted. This study demonstrates the importance of detailed gross and histologic examination in determining the significance and timing of traumatic events. This work represents a new paradigm for the differential diagnosis of lethal sharp and blunt trauma in right whales hit by ships and will enhance the present understanding of the impact of anthropogenic mortality on this critically endangered species.
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- 2008
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26. Bacterial flora of free-living double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) chicks on Prince Edward Island, Canada, with reference to enteric bacteria and antibiotic resistance.
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Dobbin G, Hariharan H, Daoust PY, Hariharan S, Heaney S, Coles M, Price L, and Anne Muckle C
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- Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Bacteria classification, Prince Edward Island, Bacteria isolation & purification, Birds microbiology, Cloaca microbiology, Drug Resistance, Bacterial, Pharynx microbiology
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Cloacal and pharyngeal swabs from 100 tree-nesting Double-crested cormorant (DCC) chicks were examined by culture for commensal and potentially pathogenic bacteria. No Salmonella or Erysipelothrix were isolated from the cloacal swabs. Twenty-two cloacal swabs were positive for Campylobacter, of which 14 were C. jejuni, C. coli, and 1 C. lari. None belonged to common serotypes isolated from humans or animals in recent years in Canada. Tests for antimicrobial drug resistance among 187 commensal Escherichia coli isolates from the cloacal swabs indicated that < or =5% were resistant to any of the 12 antibiotics tested. This contrasts with the frequently high resistance rates among E. coli isolates from poultry. Pharyngeal swabs from DCC were negative for Pasteurella multocida. Culture of cloacal swabs from 100 ground-nesting DCC chicks resulted in the recovery of 19 Salmonella isolates, all of which were S. enterica serotype Typhimurium. None of these isolates were resistant to any of the 12 antibiotics tested. Altogether, these findings suggest that DCC from this region are not being colonized with commensal or potentially pathogenic enteric bacteria from agricultural or human sources and that enteric bacteria isolated from these birds are unlikely to contribute to a gene pool of antimicrobial drug resistance.
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- 2005
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27. Antibodies to selected pathogens in free-ranging terrestrial carnivores and marine mammals in Canada.
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Philippa JD, Leighton FA, Daoust PY, Nielsen O, Pagliarulo M, Schwantje H, Shury T, Van Herwijnen R, Martina BE, Kuiken T, Van de Bildt MW, and Osterhaus AD
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- Adenoviruses, Canine immunology, Adenoviruses, Canine isolation & purification, Animals, Animals, Wild, Antibodies, Bacterial blood, Antibodies, Protozoan blood, Borrelia burgdorferi immunology, Borrelia burgdorferi isolation & purification, Canada epidemiology, Herpesviridae immunology, Herpesviridae isolation & purification, Lyme Disease blood, Lyme Disease epidemiology, Lyme Disease veterinary, Morbillivirus immunology, Morbillivirus isolation & purification, Prevalence, Toxoplasma immunology, Toxoplasma isolation & purification, Toxoplasmosis blood, Toxoplasmosis epidemiology, Virus Diseases blood, Virus Diseases epidemiology, Viruses isolation & purification, Antibodies, Viral blood, Carnivora, Cetacea, Virus Diseases veterinary, Viruses immunology
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Antibody titres to selected pathogens (canine adenovirus [CAV-2], feline herpesvirus [FHV], phocine herpesvirus [PHV-1], canine distemper virus, dolphin morbillivirus [DMV], phocine distemper virus [PDV], parainfluenza virus type 3 [PI3], rabies virus, dolphin rhabdovirus [DRV], canine coronavirus, feline coronavirus, feline leukaemia virus, Borrelia burgdorferi and Toxoplasma gondii) were determined in whole blood or serum samples from selected free-ranging terrestrial carnivores and marine mammals, including cougars (Fellis concolor), lynxes (Fellis lynx), American badgers (Taxidea taxus), fishers (Martes pennanti), wolverines (Gulo gulo), wolves (Canis lupus), black bears (Ursus americanus), grizzly bears (Ursus arctos), polar bears (Ursus maritimus), walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) and belugas (Delphinapterus leucas), which had been collected at several locations in Canada between 1984 and 2001. Antibodies to a number of viruses were detected in species in which these infections have not been reported before, for example, antibodies to CAV-2 in walruses, to PDV in black bears, grizzly bears, polar bears, lynxes and wolves, to DMV in grizzly bears, polar bears, walruses and wolves, to PI3 in black bears and fishers, and to DRV in belugas and walruses.
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- 2004
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28. Health status of harp seals (Phoca groenlandica) and hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, concurrent with their expanding range.
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Lucas Z, Daoust PY, Conboy G, and Brimacombe M
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- Animals, Animals, Wild, Female, Food Chain, Male, Nova Scotia epidemiology, Sharks, Starvation etiology, Starvation mortality, Water Pollution, Wounds and Injuries mortality, Wounds and Injuries veterinary, Cause of Death, Health Status, Seals, Earless injuries, Starvation veterinary
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Beach surveys for harp (Phoca groenlaandica) and hooded (Cystophora cristata) seals documented a dramatic increase in their numbers on Sable Island in mid 1990s. In the 1980s, no more than five animals of both species were observed on this island each year, however, during late 1994 to 1998, 1,191 harp and 870 hooded seals, mostly young animals, were recorded. Although some of these seals had been killed by sharks, most (roughly 75%) were found alive or as intact carcasses on the beach, and some of the live seals were later found dead. Emaciation/starvation was considered the primary cause of death in seals that were not obviously killed by sharks. Factors that may have compounded this poor body condition included gastric impaction with abnormal ingesta, hemorrhagic diathesis possibly induced by parasitic migration and secondary vasculitis, and stomatitis (in hooded seals only). Some harp and hooded seals expanding their range in recent years may be unable to feed successfully, although the reasons for this are unclear.
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- 2003
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29. Animal welfare and the harp seal hunt in Atlantic Canada.
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Daoust PY, Crook A, Bollinger TK, Campbell KG, and Wong J
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- Animals, Canada, Hair, Skull, Skull Fractures pathology, Video Recording, Animal Welfare, Seals, Earless injuries
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Much attention has been given over the years to animal welfare issues surrounding the seal hunt in Atlantic Canada. However, very little information is available on this subject in the scientific literature. This article reports the results of observations made by representatives of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association at the hunt in recent years and compares them with observations made by members of the International Fund for Animal Welfare. The conclusion is that the large majority of seals taken during this hunt (at best, 98% in work reported here) are killed in an acceptably humane manner. However, the small proportion of animals that are not killed effectively justifies continued attention to this hunt on the part of the veterinary profession.
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- 2002
30. Successful euthanasia of a juvenile fin whale.
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Daoust PY and Ortenburger AI
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- Animals, Male, Prince Edward Island, Euthanasia, Mepivacaine, Whales
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A stranded juvenile fin whale was successfully euthanized with an intravenous injection of sedative and cardioplegic drugs. Veterinarians may face a number of serious difficulties if called to perform this task, and advance preparation is required for successful euthanasia of these animals.
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- 2001
31. Congenital hepatic fibrosis in calves.
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Bourque AC, Fuentealba IC, Bildfell R, Daoust PY, and Hanna P
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- Animals, Cattle, Cattle Diseases pathology, Female, Fetal Diseases pathology, Fetal Diseases veterinary, Liver Cirrhosis congenital, Liver Cirrhosis pathology, Male, Cattle Diseases congenital, Liver Cirrhosis veterinary
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- 2001
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32. Bacterial valvular endocarditis in a black bear from Labrador.
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McBurney S, Veitch AM, and Daoust PY
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- Animals, Aortic Valve pathology, Endocarditis, Bacterial pathology, Fatal Outcome, Hemorrhage veterinary, Histocytochemistry, Male, Newfoundland and Labrador, Staphylococcal Infections microbiology, Staphylococcal Infections pathology, Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity, Aortic Valve microbiology, Endocarditis, Bacterial veterinary, Staphylococcal Infections veterinary, Ursidae microbiology
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In fall 1991, a radio-collared black bear (Ursus americanus) in northern Labrador (Canada) died from valvular endocarditis caused by coagulase-positive Staphylococcus aureus, with widespread dissemination of the infection to other organs shortly before death. Apparently, this is the first reported case of bacterial valvular endocarditis in a wild black bear.
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- 2000
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33. Proliferative pododermatitis associated with virus-like particles in a northern gannet.
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Daoust PY, Wadowska D, Kibenge F, Campagnoli RP, Latimer KS, and Ritchie BW
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- Animals, Bird Diseases pathology, Birds, DNA, Viral analysis, Dermatitis pathology, Dermatitis virology, Epidermis pathology, Epidermis ultrastructure, Epidermis virology, Foot Dermatoses pathology, Foot Dermatoses virology, In Situ Hybridization veterinary, Male, Microscopy, Electron veterinary, Papillomaviridae classification, Papillomaviridae genetics, Papillomaviridae ultrastructure, Papillomavirus Infections pathology, Papillomavirus Infections veterinary, Papillomavirus Infections virology, Polyomaviridae, Skin Diseases, Viral pathology, Skin Diseases, Viral virology, Virion classification, Virion genetics, Bird Diseases virology, Dermatitis veterinary, Foot Dermatoses veterinary, Skin Diseases, Viral veterinary, Virion ultrastructure
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Small multifocal lesions of proliferative pododermatitis were observed in an emaciated adult male northern gannet (Morus bassanus). Ultrastructurally, these lesions were associated with numerous virus-like particles with a size and morphology suggestive of Papovaviridae. DNA in situ hybridization with probes for avian polyomaviral and papillomaviral nucleic acid and an immunohistochemical test for the presence of papillomaviral antigen failed to identify this virus further. To our knowledge, papovavirus-like particles have not been recognized previously in this avian species.
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- 2000
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34. Salmonellosis in songbirds in the Canadian Atlantic provinces during winter-summer 1997-98.
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Daoust PY, Busby DG, Ferns L, Goltz J, McBurney S, Poppe C, and Whitney H
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- Animals, Canada epidemiology, Salmonella isolation & purification, Salmonella pathogenicity, Salmonella Infections, Animal microbiology, Disease Outbreaks veterinary, Salmonella Infections, Animal epidemiology, Songbirds microbiology
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From winter 1997 to summer 1998, an epizootic of salmonellosis affected several species of songbirds over a large area of the eastern North American continent. This article describes the details of this epizootic in the Canadian Atlantic provinces, based on laboratory examination of dead affected birds and on suspected but unconfirmed cases of salmonellosis reported by members of the public. The common redpoll (Carduelis flammea) was the species most often affected, followed by pine siskins (C. pinus), purple finches (Carpodacus purpureus), evening grosbeaks (Coccothraustes vespertinus), and American goldfinches (Carduelis tristis). A poor body condition and necrotizing and fibrinopurulent esophagitis and ingluvitis were the most common gross lesions in these birds. Thirty-four of 35 isolates of Salmonella recovered from these birds were identified as phage type 40. Despite the magnitude of this and previous epizootics of salmonellosis among North American songbirds, the sources of these epizootics and the precise influence of environmental factors on their occurrence remain poorly understood.
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- 2000
35. Interactive mortality factors in common loons from Maritime Canada.
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Daoust PY, Conboy G, McBurney S, and Burgess N
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- Animals, Aspergillosis mortality, Aspergillosis veterinary, Aspergillus fumigatus, Autopsy veterinary, Birds, Drowning mortality, Drowning veterinary, Feathers, Female, Helminthiasis, Animal epidemiology, Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic epidemiology, Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic veterinary, Lead Poisoning mortality, Lead Poisoning veterinary, Lung Diseases, Fungal mortality, Lung Diseases, Fungal veterinary, Male, New Brunswick epidemiology, Nova Scotia epidemiology, Petroleum adverse effects, Prevalence, Prince Edward Island epidemiology, Wounds and Injuries mortality, Wounds and Injuries veterinary, Bird Diseases mortality
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Between August 1992 and November 1995, 31 moribund or dead common loons (Gavia immer) found in the three Maritime provinces of Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island) were necropsied. Eight of these birds were in good body condition and died acutely from drowning or trauma. The remaining 23 birds were in poor body condition and had either chronic lead poisoning, respiratory mycosis, or oil contamination of their plumage. Loons in poor body condition had significantly higher numbers of intestinal trematodes and significantly higher levels of total renal mercury than loons in good body condition. Therefore, poor body condition in many loons was associated with two or more concurrent potential disease processes, although we could not establish a cause-effect relationship among these processes in individual birds. These results suggest that mortality in chronically ill wild animals can result from synergism among several potentially debilitating agents present in their environment.
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- 1998
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36. Ecosystem health as a clinical rotation for senior students in Canadian veterinary schools.
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Ribble C, Hunter B, Larivière N, Bélanger D, Wobeser G, Daoust PY, Leighton T, Waltner-Toews D, Davidson J, Spangler E, and Nielsen O
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- Agriculture, Animals, Aquaculture, Bird Diseases epidemiology, Bird Diseases mortality, Botulism epidemiology, Botulism mortality, Botulism veterinary, Canada, Cattle, Cattle Diseases epidemiology, Cattle Diseases etiology, Cattle Diseases mortality, Curriculum, Ducks, Environment, Environmental Monitoring, Epidemiological Monitoring, Humans, Ostreidae, Water Pollution, Whales, Ecosystem, Education, Veterinary organization & administration, Education, Veterinary trends, Environmental Health
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We describe 4 years of an experimental rotation in ecosystem health offered to senior veterinary students in Canada. Faculty from the 4 Canadian veterinary colleges collaborated in offering the rotation once annually at 1 of the colleges. The 1st rotation was held in Guelph in 1993, followed in successive years by rotations at Saskatoon, Saint-Hyacinthe, and Charlottetown. The rotation is a predominantly field-based experience that allows students to work with veterinary and other role models who are actively engaged in clinical research related to ecosystem health. Five specific field studies that worked particularly well during the rotations are presented. These studies involved investigating mortality in wildlife due to botulism, designing an environmental surveillance system around herds of beef cattle, using belugas to evaluate the health of the St. Lawrence River, dealing with competition for water use by aquaculture and agriculture, and exploring the role of veterinarians during major coastal oil spills. The experience has resulted in our developing the subject matter, field examples, teaching approach, and confidence necessary to make ecosystem health the focus of a productive clinical rotation for senior year veterinary students.
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- 1997
37. The Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre and surveillance of wild animal diseases in Canada.
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Leighton FA, Wobeser GA, Barker IK, Daoust PY, and Martineau D
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- Animal Diseases diagnosis, Animals, Canada epidemiology, Cooperative Behavior, Population Surveillance methods, Schools, Veterinary economics, Schools, Veterinary organization & administration, Animal Diseases epidemiology, Animals, Wild
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The Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre (CCWHC) was established in 1992 as an organization among Canada's 4 veterinary colleges, with a mandate to apply veterinary medicine to wildlife management and conservation in Canada. A major function of the CCWHC is nation-wide surveillance of wild animal diseases. Disease surveillance is conceived as consisting of 4 different activities: detection, diagnosis, information management, and use of information. In the CCWHC surveillance program, detection of disease is carried out by a wide range of professional and avocational field personnel, and much effort is expended to stimulate and support this activity. Diagnosis is done by personnel of provincial and federal veterinary laboratories and the CCWHC. Information management is achieved through a national database of wildlife disease incidents developed and maintained by the CCWHC. Use of information is enabled through established channels for distribution of information derived from the surveillance program to persons responsible for wildlife programs and policies, and to the public. There has been a high demand for the services of the CCWHC since its establishment. The CCWHC responds to approximately 2000 requests for information annually, distributes its newsletter to over 1700 recipients, examines approximately 1200 wild animal submissions each year, and has accumulated records of over 5000 disease incidents in its database. Technical information from the CCWHC has benefited federal, provincial/territorial, and nongovernment wildlife agencies; endangered species recovery programs; federal and provincial veterinary services; and federal and provincial public health programs.
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- 1997
38. Cluster of rabies cases of probable bat origin among red foxes in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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Daoust PY, Wandeler AI, and Casey GA
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- Animals, Antibodies, Monoclonal immunology, Female, Male, Prince Edward Island epidemiology, Rabies epidemiology, Rabies virology, Rabies virus immunology, Salivary Glands virology, Chiroptera, Disease Reservoirs, Foxes, Rabies veterinary, Rabies virus classification
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Between 15 November and 13 December 1993, three cases of rabies of probable bat origin were confirmed in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from the same area of Prince Edward Island, Canada, previously thought to be free of rabies in terrestrial mammals. Such clusters have rarely been described in North America.
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- 1996
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39. Herpesvirus in botryomycotic lesions from a harp seal (Phoca groenlandica).
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Daoust PY, Taylor RG, and Greenlaw BL
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- Animals, Bacterial Infections complications, Cardiomyopathies microbiology, Cardiomyopathies pathology, Cardiomyopathies veterinary, Female, Granuloma microbiology, Granuloma pathology, Granuloma veterinary, Herpesviridae Infections complications, Inclusion Bodies, Viral ultrastructure, Bacterial Infections veterinary, Herpesviridae Infections veterinary, Seals, Earless microbiology
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- 1994
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40. Chromatolytic neuronal degeneration in a six-year-old cairn terrier.
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Hitt ME, Daoust PY, de Lahunta A, and Cummings JF
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- 1993
41. Phocine distemper in a harp seal (Phoca groenlandica) from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada.
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Daoust PY, Haines DM, Thorsen J, Duignan PJ, and Geraci JR
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- Animals, Astrocytes microbiology, Astrocytes pathology, Cerebral Cortex pathology, Female, Inclusion Bodies, Viral, Lung pathology, Neurons microbiology, Neurons pathology, Paramyxoviridae isolation & purification, Prince Edward Island, Respirovirus Infections pathology, Urinary Bladder microbiology, Respirovirus Infections veterinary, Seals, Earless
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The first case of phocine distemper in a seal from Canadian waters and the first case of clinical phocine distemper in a harp seal, Phoca groenlandica, is reported. A two-month-old female harp seal stranded on Prince Edward Island in May 1991. Significant clinical findings were lethargy and severe conjunctivitis. Pulmonary congestion was the main necropsy finding, and histological lesions included diffuse demyelinating nonsuppurative encephalitis and mild multifocal interstitial pneumonia. Acidophilic intracytoplasmic and intranuclear inclusions were present in cerebral neurons and astrocytes. Immunoperoxidase staining confirmed phocine distemper virus (PDV) antigen in the cytoplasm and nuclei of neurons, bronchiolar gland epithelium and transitional epithelium of the bladder. Infectivity titers of canine distemper virus (CDV) (Onderstpoort strain) and a morbillivirus isolated from a grey seal were significantly reduced by serum from the harp seal.
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- 1993
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42. Proventricular impaction associated with nonsuppurative encephalomyelitis and ganglioneuritis in two Canada geese.
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Daoust PY, Julian RJ, Yason CV, and Artsob H
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- Animals, Bird Diseases etiology, Encephalomyelitis complications, Encephalomyelitis pathology, Encephalomyelitis veterinary, Food, Ganglia, Autonomic pathology, Gastric Dilatation etiology, Gastric Dilatation pathology, Male, Nervous System Diseases complications, Nervous System Diseases pathology, Neuritis complications, Neuritis pathology, Neuritis veterinary, Bird Diseases pathology, Gastric Dilatation veterinary, Geese, Nervous System Diseases veterinary, Proventriculus pathology
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Two wild Canada geese (Branta canadensis) in an extremely emaciated state and with severe proventricular food impaction also had a nonsuppurative encephalomyelitis and ganglioneuritis. The condition in these two birds was morphologically similar to psittacine proventricular dilatation, a recently identified disease of psittacine birds.
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- 1991
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43. Porcupine quill in the brain of a dog.
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Daoust PY
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- Animals, Dogs, Occipital Lobe, Rodentia, Brain, Foreign Bodies veterinary
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- 1991
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44. Multicentric intramuscular lipomatosis/fibromatosis in free-flying white-fronted and Canada geese.
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Daoust PY, Wobeser G, Rainnie DJ, and Leighton FA
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- Animals, Chi-Square Distribution, Female, Fibroma pathology, Lipomatosis pathology, Male, Neoplasms, Multiple Primary pathology, Bird Diseases, Fibroma veterinary, Geese, Lipomatosis veterinary, Muscles pathology, Neoplasms, Multiple Primary veterinary
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Over a period of 9 yr, seven white-fronted geese (Anser albifrons) and one Canada goose (Branta canadensis) with multiple intramuscular mesenchymal tumors were encountered in Saskatchewan (Canada) and one similarly affected Canada goose was seen on Prince Edward Island (Canada). The tumors in these birds consisted either of adipose tissue, fibroblastic tissue, or a mixture of both types of tissues. The high prevalence of this condition in white-fronted geese suggested a genetic influence.
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- 1991
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45. Polioencephalomalacia-like disease in pronghorns (Antilocapra americana).
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Wobeser G, Daoust PY, and Hunt HM
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- Animals, Brain pathology, Encephalomalacia pathology, Female, Male, Saskatchewan, Antelopes, Artiodactyla, Encephalomalacia veterinary
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A disease resembling thiamine-responsive polioencephalomalacia of domestic ruminants is described in four wild pronghorn from Saskatchewan. One animal was found dead, two were recumbent and unable to rise and the fourth was staggering and ataxic. Lesions were confined to the brain and consisted of brain swelling with herniation, symmetrical hemorrhagic foci in the thalamus and brainstem, and laminar necrosis of cortical neurons. All animals had been eating grain prior to their death. Possible pathogenetic mechanisms including changes in rumen microflora resulting in thiamine deficiency, plant and salt intoxication are discussed.
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- 1983
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46. Acute pathological effects of inorganic mercury and copper in gills of rainbow trout.
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Daoust PY, Wobeser G, and Newstead JD
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- Animals, Epithelium drug effects, Epithelium pathology, Epithelium ultrastructure, Fish Diseases pathology, Gills pathology, Gills ultrastructure, Hypertrophy veterinary, Mercury Poisoning pathology, Rats, Copper toxicity, Fish Diseases chemically induced, Gills drug effects, Mercury toxicity, Mercury Poisoning veterinary, Salmonidae, Trout
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Lesions induced in the gills of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) by exposure to acutely lethal aqueous concentrations of inorganic mercury and copper were examined by light and electron microscopy. Lesions were most severe during the first 48 hours of exposure to the metals and were characterized primarily by apoptosis of lamellar epithelial cells and lamellar fusion. The latter process occurred either by simple apposition of adjacent lamellae to each other or through epithelial hypertrophy and hyperplasia. Except for hypertrophy of and increased number of primary lysosomes in lamellar epithelial cells of animals exposed to mercury, branchial lesions were not prominent in fish collected between 48 and 96 hours. The branchial lesions observed in this study are compared with pathological processes occurring in mammals.
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- 1984
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47. Veterinarians and the environment.
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Daoust PY
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- 1989
48. Tyzzer's disease in muskrats: occurrence in free-living animals.
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Wobeser G, Hunter DB, and Daoust PY
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- Animals, Bacillus, Bacterial Infections pathology, Cecum pathology, Female, Liver pathology, Male, Rodentia, Animal Population Groups, Animals, Wild, Bacterial Infections veterinary, Rodent Diseases pathology
- Abstract
Tyzzer's disease was diagnosed in four muskrats (Ondatra zibethica) found dead over a 2 month period in a single feed-house in a Saskatchewan marsh. No dead animals were found elsewhere in the marsh, although several hundred apparently healthy animals were trapped during this period. Similarities in the pathology and epizootiology of Tyzzer's and Errington's diseases of muskrats support an hypothesis that these diseases are a single entity.
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- 1978
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49. Gill diseases of cultured salmonids in Ontario.
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Daoust PY and Ferguson HW
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- Animals, Bacteria isolation & purification, Ciliophora isolation & purification, Epithelium pathology, Eukaryota isolation & purification, Fish Diseases microbiology, Fish Diseases parasitology, Gills microbiology, Gills parasitology, Hypertrophy, Ontario, Fish Diseases pathology, Gills pathology, Salmonidae, Trout
- Abstract
Between 1977 and 1981, the Fish Pathology Laboratory of the Ontario Veterinary College received 239 cases from trout farms of southern Ontario, 51 (21.3%) of which had diseased gills. Branchial lesions in 86.3% of these 51 cases were characterized by marked lamellar epithelial hyperplasia with epithelial hypertrophy and lamellar fusion. Filamentous bacteria were seen on the surface of the branchial filaments and lamellae in 68.6% of the cases. Our observations highlight the importance of gill diseases as a production problem of farmed salmonids in southern Ontario.
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- 1983
50. Prince Edward Island. Coxiellosis in a kitten.
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Daoust PY and Perry R
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- 1989
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