Qualitative risk assessment of impact of Toxoplasma gondii on health of beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, from the Eastern Beaufort Sea, Northwest Territories

Qualitative risk assessment of impact of Toxoplasma gondii on health of beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, from the Eastern Beaufort Sea, Northwest Territories

In recent years, the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii has increasingly been recognized in Arctic fauna, including beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in the Eastern Beaufort Sea (EBS), Northwest Territories. We qualitatively assessed the risks of T. gondii to the health of EBS beluga because o...

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Main Authors: Rajnish Sharma, Lisa L. Loseto, Sonja K. Ostertag, Matilde Tomaselli, Christina M. Bredtmann, Colleen Crill, Cristina Rodríguez-Pinacho, Dayna Schultz, Dongyun Jung, Kshitiz Shrestha, Prateek Jindal, Emily J. Jenkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2018-09-01
Series:Arctic Science
Subjects:
qualitative risk assessment
toxoplasma gondii
beluga whales
delphinapterus leucas
beaufort sea
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2017-0037

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https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2017-0037

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