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Wildlife Health Surveillance in the Arctic

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This chapter discusses wildlife health surveillance in arctic communities first focussing on general principles: What is surveillance? Why it is important? What are some of the different approaches that can be used? Then, some previous or current surveillance programs are discussed. An example of muskox health surveillance in Nunavut, Canada, demonstrates a One Health approach for arctic wildlife surveillance in practice.

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  1. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Sylvia L. Checkley, Matilde Tomaselli & Nigel Caulkett

  2. Polar Knowledge Canada, Canadian High Arctic Research Station, Cambridge Bay, NU, Canada

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Checkley, S.L., Tomaselli, M., Caulkett, N. (2022). Wildlife Health Surveillance in the Arctic. In: Tryland, M. (eds) Arctic One Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87853-5_23

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