Anti-BrucellaAntibodies in Moose (Alces alces gigas), Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus), and Plains Bison (Bison bison bison) in Alaska, USA

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingebjørg Helena Nymo ◽  
Kimberlee Beckmen ◽  
Jacques Godfroid
Keyword(s):  
Alces Alces ◽  
Bison Bison ◽  
Ovibos Moschatus ◽  
Alces Alces Gigas

scholarly journals Antler Size of Alaskan Moose Alces Alces Gigas: Effects of Population Density, Hunter Harvest and Use of Guides

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer I. Schmidt ◽  
Jay M. Ver Hoef ◽  
R. Terry Bowyer
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Alces Alces ◽  
Antler Size ◽  
Alces Alces Gigas

scholarly journals Rumination of different-sized particles in muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) and moose (Alces alces) on grass and browse diets, and implications for rumination in different ruminant feeding types

2013 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murielle Lauper ◽  
Isabel Lechner ◽  
Perry S. Barboza ◽  
William B. Collins ◽  
Jürgen Hummel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alces Alces ◽  
Ovibos Moschatus ◽  
Feeding Types

Serendipitous discovery of a novel protostrongylid (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in caribou, muskoxen, and moose from high latitudes of North America based on DNA sequence comparisons

2007 ◽  
Vol 85 (11) ◽  
pp. 1143-1156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan J. Kutz ◽  
Ingrid Asmundsson ◽  
Eric P. Hoberg ◽  
Greg D. Appleyard ◽  
Emily J. Jenkins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Novel Species ◽  
Alces Alces ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Nuclear Ribosomal Dna ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer Region ◽  
Sequence Comparisons ◽  
Ovibos Moschatus

Fecal samples are often the only feasible means to assess diversity of parasites in wildlife; however, definitive identification of egg or larval stages in feces by morphology is rarely possible. We determined partial sequences from the second internal transcribed spacer region (ITS-2) of nuclear ribosomal DNA for first-stage, dorsal-spined larvae (DSL) in feces from caribou ( Rangifer tarandus tarandus (L., 1758), Rangifer tarandus caribou (Gmelin, 1788), Rangifer tarandus grantii (Allen, 1902)), muskoxen ( Ovibos moschatus moschatus (Zimmermann, 1780), Ovibos moschatus wardi Lydekker, 1900), moose ( Alces alces gigas Miller, 1899 and Alces alces andersoni Peterson, 1952), and from the tissue of one slug ( Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774)) in Arctic–Subarctic North America. A previously uncharacterized, genetically distinct species was recognized based on sequences of 37 DSL from 19 ungulate hosts and the slug. Sequence similarity among individuals of this novel species was 91%–100%. For many individual DSL, paralogues of ITS-2 were detected. ITS-2 sequences from the novel species were 72%–77% similar to those of Varestrongylus alpenae (Dikmans, 1935) and 51%–61% similar to those of other protostrongylids known in North American and some Eurasian ungulates. Results indicate a discrete lineage of an undescribed protostrongylid infecting muskoxen, caribou, and moose from Alaska to Labrador. Sympatric infections with Parelaphostrongylus andersoni Prestwood, 1972 were found in three caribou herds.

Serum corticoid levels relative to handling stress in Alaskan moose

1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (10) ◽  
pp. 1424-1426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert W. Franzmann ◽  
Arthur Flynn ◽  
Paul D. Arneson
Keyword(s):  
Body Temperature ◽  
Blood Serum ◽  
Alces Alces ◽  
Blood Chemistry ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Visual Evaluation ◽  
Handling Stress ◽  
Class Comparison ◽  
Alces Alces Gigas

Blood serum 11-hydroxycorticosteroids were compared to visual evaluation of handling stress in Alaskan moose (Alces alces gigas) at the Kenai Moose Research Center (MRC). Moose were evaluated for handling excitability before and during handling when trapped, and were graded on a scale from 1 (not excited) to 5 (highly excited). There were significant differences in corticosteroid levels (a = 0.1) between each class comparison, except between classes 4 and 5, suggesting that this analysis provided a means to classify and compare other blood chemistry values from similarly stressed moose. Other factors may influence the 11-hydroxycorticosteroid levels, but handling stress had an overwhelming influence. Other methods to evaluate handling stress, such as body temperature, should also be considered, but when not feasible this method may be utilized.

scholarly journals Transuterine infection by Baylisascaris transfuga: Neurological migration and fatal debilitation in sibling moose calves (Alces alces gigas) from Alaska

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric P. Hoberg ◽  
Kathleen Burek-Huntington ◽  
Kimberlee Beckmen ◽  
Lauren E. Camp ◽  
Steven A. Nadler
Keyword(s):  
Alces Alces ◽  
Baylisascaris Transfuga ◽  
Alces Alces Gigas

Late-winter activity patterns of moose (Alces alces gigas) in western Alaska

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Gillingham ◽  
David R. Klein
Keyword(s):  
Alces Alces ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Late Winter ◽  
Time Budgets ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
Winter Activity ◽  
Gravel Bars ◽  
Alces Alces Gigas ◽  
Free Ranging

Activity patterns of free-ranging moose (Alces alces gigas) on the central Seward Peninsula were polyphasic but not highly synchronized among individuals from March through May 1987. Female–calf pairs, however, showed nearly identical activity patterns (92.6% of 2353 five-minute scans). Based on data collected between 06:00 and 24:00, we estimate that moose exhibit ~5 or 6 active bouts per 24-h period. Our direct observations of moose (980 moose-h) showed that moose were active 57.2% of the time from 06:00 to 24:00. Inactive bouts lasted ~2.5 times longer than active bouts. Calves tended to lie for longer [Formula: see text] than adult females (143.1 ± 15.5 min) or males (109.0 ± 17.9 min). Time budgets for moose in late winter were intermediate between values reported in previous studies for moose in midwinter and late spring. Our data showed that moose spend much more time walking (8%) than previously reported. We think this reflects their use of the snow-packed river and gravel bars as movement and feeding corridors. Direct observations of moose showed that many active and inactive bouts were less than 10 min in duration; these bouts are not detected by most telemetric systems. We also present evidence that without predation in winter, ambient conditions (e.g., operative temperature) may cause synchrony in the activity patterns of individual moose in northwestern Alaska.

Changes in the Eurasian distribution of the musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) and the extinct bison (Bison priscus) during the last 50 ka BP

2015 ◽  
Vol 378 ◽  
pp. 99-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.K. Markova ◽  
A.Yu. Puzachenko ◽  
T. van Kolfschoten ◽  
P.A. Kosintsev ◽  
T.V. Kuznetsova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bison Bison ◽  
Ovibos Moschatus ◽  
Musk Ox ◽  
Bison Priscus
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