Blastomycosis in a free ranging lone Wolf, Canis lupus, on the north shoreof Lake Superior, Ontario

Authors
Krizan, P
Citation
P. Krizan, Blastomycosis in a free ranging lone Wolf, Canis lupus, on the north shoreof Lake Superior, Ontario, CAN FIELD-N, 114(3), 2000, pp. 491-493
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
CANADIAN FIELD-NATURALIST
ISSN journal
00083550 → ACNP
Volume
114
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
491 - 493
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-3550(200007/09)114:3<491:BIAFRL>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
An adult male Wolf was trapped and radio-collared in 1994 on the north shor e of Lake Superior, Ontario. He left his former pack in the same year and w as nomadic until his death in 1996. The cause of death was determined to be blastomycosis, a fungal infection uncommon in the area.