Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative

Indigenous harvesters detect climate-sensitive emerging disease in barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus) threatening food security

We report a filarioid nematode outbreak in barren-ground caribou ( Rangifer tarandus ) from the Canadian Arctic that was identified by Inuit harvesters through a community-based surveillance program. Harvesters reported discolouration of tissues and presence of yellowish fluid ac...