Parasites and Diseases
Common Diseases by Species
Big Game Species
Bison
Black Bear
Brown Bear
Caribou
- Caribou Health and Disease: A Pocket Guide (PDF 2,835 kB)
- Abscesses (Pus pockets)
- Besnoitiosis (Cornmeal or Sandpaper disease)
- Brucellosis
- Chronic wasting disease
- Cystic hydatid disease (Lung cysts)
- Exertional myopathy
- Hoofrot
- Liver tapeworm cysts
- Lumpy Jaw
- Lungworms
- Muscle tapeworm cysts
- Nose bots
- Papillomas (warts)
- Rabies
- Toxoplasmosis
- Warbles
Dall's Sheep
Deer
Elk
Moose
- Moose Health and Disease: A Pocket Guide (PDF 1,883 kB)
- Abscesses (Pus pockets)
- Antlers, Peruke (PDF 87 kB)
- Chronic wasting disease
- Cystic hydatid disease (Lung cysts)
- Liver tapeworm cysts
- Lumpy Jaw
- Moose fly, hock sores
- Muscle tapeworm cysts
- Papillomas (warts)
- Toxoplasmosis
- Worms, seen and unseen
Mountain Goat
Muskox
Wolves
Wolverine
Aquatic Species
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Fish
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Bivalve Molluscs
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Crustaceans
Additional Species
Beaver
Foxes
Hare
- Hock Worm
- Tularemia
Lynx
- Toxoplasmosis
- Trichinosis or Trichinellosis
Muskrats
Polar Bear
Reindeer
Rodents
- Alveolar hydatid disease
- Pox
- Ticks
Seals
- Hairloss
- Trichinosis or Trichinellosis
Squirrels
Walrus
Waterfowl