Parasites and Diseases
Common Diseases by Species

Big Game Species

• Bison

  • Abscesses (Pus pockets)
  • Lungworms

• Black Bear

  • Trichinosis or Trichinellosis

• Brown Bear

  • Lice
  • Trichinosis or Trichinellosis
  • Worms

• Caribou

  • Caribou Health and Disease: A Pocket Guide (PDF 2,835 kB)
  • Abscesses (Pus pockets)
  • Besnoitiosis (Cornmeal or Sandpaper disease)
  • Brucellosis
  • Chronic wasting disease
  • Cystic hydatid disease (Lung cysts)
  • Exertional myopathy
  • Hoofrot
  • Liver tapeworm cysts
  • Lumpy Jaw
  • Lungworms
  • Muscle tapeworm cysts
  • Nose bots
  • Papillomas (warts)
  • Rabies
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Warbles

• Dall's Sheep

  • Abscesses (Pus pockets)
  • Brucellosis
  • Contagious ecthyma, Orf, Scabby face
  • Liver tapeworm cysts
  • Lumpy Jaw
  • Lungworms
  • Respiratory Disease
  • Sheep Ked, Wingless fly

• Deer

  • Chronic wasting disease
  • Cystic hydatid disease (Lung cysts)
  • Liver tapeworm cysts
  • Papillomas (warts)

• Elk

  • Chronic wasting disease
  • Cystic hydatid disease (Lung cysts)
  • Liver tapeworm cysts

• Moose

  • Moose Health and Disease: A Pocket Guide (PDF 1,883 kB)
  • Abscesses (Pus pockets)
  • Antlers, Peruke (PDF 87 kB)
  • Chronic wasting disease
  • Cystic hydatid disease (Lung cysts)
  • Liver tapeworm cysts
  • Lumpy Jaw
  • Moose fly, hock sores
  • Muscle tapeworm cysts
  • Papillomas (warts)
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Worms, seen and unseen

• Mountain Goat

  • Contagious ecthyma, Orf, Scabby face
  • Respiratory Disease

• Muskox

  • Abscesses (Pus pockets)
  • Contagious ecthyma, Orf, Scabby face
  • Lungworms
  • Respiratory Disease

• Wolves

  • Alveolar hydatid disease
  • Cystic hydatid disease (Lung cysts)
  • Hairloss and Lice
  • Liver tapeworm cysts
  • Muscle tapeworm cysts
  • Rabies
  • Trichinosis or Trichinellosis

• Wolverine

  • Trichinosis or Trichinellosis