Besnoitiosis in a woodland caribou.
Besnoitiosis was diagnosed in an adult male woodland caribou found dead in northern Saskatchewan. The lesions present were comparable to those of chronic besnoitiosis in cattle, and were much more severe than those previously described in domestic reindeer and barren-ground caribou.
Wobeser
G
G
Department of Veterinary Pathology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W0.
D000818:Animals; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D008297:Male; D012053:Reindeer / Q000469:parasitology*; D012525:Saskatchewan