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Authors Elena Garde, Susan Kutz, Helen Schwantje, Alasdair Veitch, Emily Jenkins, and Brett Elkin This article is available at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/zoonoticspub/29 Examining the Risk of Disease Transmission between Wild Dall’s Sheep and Mountain Goats, and Introduced Domestic Sheep, Goats, and Llamas in the Northwest Territories Prepared for: The Northwest Territories Agricultural Policy Framework and Environment and Natural Resources Government of the Northwest Territories, Canada August 20, 2005 Examining the Risk of Disease Transmission between Wild Dall’s Sheep and Mountain Goats, and Introduced Domestic Sheep, Goats, and Llamas in the Northwest Territories Elena Garde 1,2 , Susan Kutz 1,3 , Helen Schwantje 4, Alasdair Veitch 5, Emily Jenkins 1,6 , Brett Elkin 7 1 Research Group for Arctic Parasitology and the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5B4. 2 Associate Wildlife Veterinarian, Biodiversity Branch, Ministry of Environment, PO Box 9338, Stn Prov Govt, 2975 Jutland Road, Victoria, BC, V8W 9M1, (250) 953-4285 [email protected] 3 Associate Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary AB, T2N 4N1 Ph: (306) 229-6110 4 Wildlife Veterinarian, Biodiversity Branch, Ministry of Environment, PO Box 9338, Stn Prov Govt, 2975 Jutland Road, Victoria, BC, V8W 9M1, (250) 953-4285 [email protected] 5 Supervisor, Wildlife Management, Environment and Natural Resources, Sahtu Region, P.O. Box 130, Norman Wells, NT X0E 0V0, Ph: (867) 587-2786; Fax: (867) 587-2359 [email protected] 6 Wildlife Disease Specialist / Research Scientist, Canadian Wildlife Service, 115 Perimeter Rd. Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X4 (306) 975-5357, (306) 966-7246 7 Disease & Contaminants Specialist, Environment and Natural Resources, 500 – 6102 50 th Ave. Yellowknife, NT X1A 3S8. Ph: (867) 873-7761; Fax: (867) 873-0293 [email protected] This project was funded by: Northwest Territories Agricultural Policy Framework, Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories and Western Northwest Territories Biophysical Study Climate Change Action Fund, Natural Resources Canada Cumulative Impacts Monitoring Program, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Cover photo by Environment and Natural Resources, Sahtu Region, GNWT i TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................. 5 SECTION 1: OVERVIEW OF RISK ASSESSMENT FOR INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC SHEEP, GOATS OR LLAMAS INTO NORTHWEST TERRITORIES ............................................................................................................................. 7 Objective ............................................................................................................................7 Background........................................................................................................................8 Methods............................................................................................................................ 13 Disclaimers....................................................................................................................... 15 SECTION 2: IDENTIFICATION OF PATHOGENS OF HIGHEST CONCERN.. 17 Description ....................................................................................................................17 Bacteria: ........................................................................................................................... 17 Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (Johne’s disease) ..........................................17 Mycoplasma conjunctivae and M. ovipneumoniae ....................................................... 20 Pasteurella spp. and Mannheimia haemolytica ............................................................24 Viruses:............................................................................................................................. 32 Contagious Ecthyma .....................................................................................................32 Parainfluenza 3..............................................................................................................35 Parasites ........................................................................................................................... 37 Helminths ......................................................................................................................37 Muellerius capillaris .....................................................................................................37 Ectoparasites..................................................................................................................39 Oestrus ovis ...................................................................................................................39 SECTION 3. IDENTIFICATION OF PATHOGENS WITH UNKNOWN CONSEQUENCES............................................................................................. 41 Description ....................................................................................................................41 Bacteria ............................................................................................................................ 41 Chlamydophila spp........................................................................................................ 41 Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis ...........................................................................44 Coxiella burnetti (Q-fever)............................................................................................45 ii Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae .........................................................................................46 Mycoplasma arginini and Mycoplasma mycoides ........................................................ 48 Viruses.............................................................................................................................. 51 Adenovirus ....................................................................................................................51 Border Disease Virus and Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus...............................................52 Corona Virus .................................................................................................................54 Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease and Bluetongue Viruses.............................................55 Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis.................................................................................57 Respiratory Syncytial Virus ..........................................................................................59 Parasites ........................................................................................................................... 61 Helminths ......................................................................................................................61 Parelaphostrongylus odocoilei .....................................................................................61 Gastrointestinal Trichostrongylids ................................................................................62 Haemonchus spp. ..............................................................................................63 Marshallagia sp .................................................................................................65 Nematodirus spp................................................................................................67 Teladorsagia spp ...............................................................................................68