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A new field guide for moose health in Alaska, Alaska Department …

WEBThe main objectives of the guide are to help hunters identify conditions they may observe in moose in the field and learn about steps to take for the safety of humans or pets. The …

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Alaska Department of Fish and Game

WEBTree roots stabilize stream banks to slow erosion and protect the clean water salmon need to survive. Fallen trees create pools that shelter young fish and provide a place to rest …

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Parasites and Diseases

WEBParasites and Diseases. Overview. Like humans, fish and wildlife species can develop diseases during their lifetime. These animals can also host parasites that may or may …

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Caribou health and disease: a pocket guide

WEBSigns: Caribou may appear lethargic, weak, or stiff. The muscles, heart and kidney can be affected but signs may be difficult to see. Muscles may look wet and have small bruises …

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Dead Salmon Bring Life to Rivers, Alaska Department of Fish and …

WEBChinook (king) salmon and coho (silver) salmon migrating upstream are trapped for study by a weir that Division of Sport Fish employees helped install. All captured fish are …

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Moose Health and Disease: A Pocket Guide

WEBDescription: Winter tick is a blood-sucking skin parasite found on moose from September to April. Infestation causes severe itching, weight loss, and can lead to death, especially in …

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Fish Pathology Laboratory

WEBThe Fish Pathology Section monitors and controls finfish and shellfish diseases statewide (according to Title 16 of the Alaska Statutes) by conducting diagnostic surveys, …

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Wildlife health and disease surveillance in Alaska

WEBThe Wildlife Health and Disease Surveillance in Alaska project is ongoing. The project statement was revised for the period July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2012. The overall …

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USE OF PHYSICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICES FOR …

WEBUSE OF PHYSICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICES FOR MONITORING MOOSE POPULATION STATUS-A REVIEW Albert W. Franzmann1 and Warren B. Ballard2 …

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Beluga Studies in Bristol Bay

WEBWe have been collecting skin biopsies on the Kvichak side since 2004 and have collected ~300 biopsies. The experienced beluga crew members Nick Apokedak and Gus …

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WEBAlaska Department of Fish and Game P.O. Box 115526 1255 W. 8th Street Juneau, AK 99811-5526 Office Locations

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Fortymile Caribou Herd News

WEBBiologists from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) have monitored the Fortymile caribou herd (FCH) intensively since the early 1990s. All signs indicate that …

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Food Security and Wild Resource Harvests in Alaska

WEBThese harvests take place in subsistence, personal use, and sport fisheries, and subsistence and general hunts. Most of the Alaska wild food harvest, about 34.3 million …

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Central Arctic Caribou Herd News

WEBSurvival of adult female caribou (1 year old or older) improved substantially this year with 93% surviving from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 (105 adult females had collars on July …

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Henneguya, Diseases of Wild and Cultured Fishes in Alaska

WEBI. Causative Agent and Disease. Henneguya is not a protozoan but a metazoan in the class Myxosporea in the phylum Cnidaria (anemones, jellyfish, corals) based on molecular …

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Health Assessment of Steller Sea Lions

WEBAn objective, quantitative method ofcomparing individual and population health was developed as part ofan epidemiological assessment of Steller sea lion health in Alaska, …

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Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHNV)

WEBInfectious hematopoietic necro-sis virus (IHNV) is a bullet-shaped novirhabdovirus that is enzootic to the North American Pacific Northwest but was inadvertently established in …

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