COMMON WILDLIFE DISEASES
and PARASITES in the NWT & Nunavut

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The diseases in this booklet are grouped according to where they are most often seen in the body of the animal: skin, head, liver, lungs, muscles, general.

- Can infect people

- Cook well

- Do not eat

- Can infect dogs

Skin (external)

Contagious ecthyma	Papillomas (Warts)	Warbles
Lice	Winter Ticks

Head

Nose bots

Lumpy Jaw

Liver

Liver Tapeworm Cysts

Lungs

Tuberculosis	Hydatid Disease
Thread Lungworm	Muskox Lungworms

Muscle

Muscle Tapeworm Cysts

Trichinosis

Sarcocystosis

General

Rabies	Abscesses	Brucellosis
Exertional Myopathy	Anthrax	Injuries
Besnoitiosis	Starvation / Malnutrition

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