Handling Coyotes / Caution

[Salavee]

Not an alarm, but a little extra care when handling Coyotes may be in order .. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/univer...mans-1.3510309

[covey ridge]

Thank you for posing the warning. I understand that moose in particular often get infected indirectly from coyotes.

[Ticdoc]

Originally Posted by covey ridge

Thank you for posing the warning. I understand that moose in particular often get infected indirectly from coyotes.

Not quite true covey ridge. The small tapeworm in question here, Echinococcus multilocularis, lives as an adult in the small intestine of red fox, occasionally coyotes in central Alberta and maybe elsewhere. The larval stage, called a hydatid cyst, lives in the liver of rodents, often deer mice.

The related parasite Echinococcus echinococcus, lives as an adult in the small intestine of wolves. The hydatid stage is found primarily in the lungs of moose, elk.

Dogs can host the adult tapeworm of both these species.

Hope this helps.
ticdoc

[covey ridge]

Ticdoc

Then what type of parasite infection or is it a parasite that moose pick up from coyote poop in south west Alberta? I heard it described as rice like material throughout the flesh of the moose. More than one fish cop have told me that it was common. A hunter old me that he took quarters from a moose to f and w to be examined in hopes that he would get a replacement tag. They refused him the tag saying that in spite of the material in the meat it was safe to eat but has to be cooked longer. They gave him permission to dispose of the meat if he did not want to risk eating it but he did not get another tag. He chose not to even try the meat. I don't blame him.

[HunterDave]

Different disease......Moose Measels

http://aep.alberta.ca/fish-wildlife/...asles-2004.pdf

[covey ridge]

Originally Posted by HunterDave

Different disease......Moose Measels

http://aep.alberta.ca/fish-wildlife/...asles-2004.pdf

thanks for clarification