Twenty years of ungulate disease surveillance by the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (2003–2022)

Kerry Schutten; Leonard Shirose; Brian Stevens; Dayna Goldsmith; Owen Slater; Jamie L. Rothenburger; Susan Kutz; Stéphane Lair; Megan Jones; Laura Bourque; Scott McBurney; Margo Pybus; Iga Stasiak; Erin Moffatt; Naima Jutha; Helen Schwantje; Larissa Nituch; Damien O. Joly; Claire M. Jardine; Trent K. Bollinger

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0343520

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Twenty years of ungulate disease surveillance by the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (2003–2022)

Kerry Schutten ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kerry.schutten@ucalgary.ca

Current address: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Affiliations Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, multiple locations: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8655-129X

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Leonard Shirose,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, multiple locations: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada
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Brian Stevens,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, multiple locations: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Dayna Goldsmith,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, multiple locations: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Owen Slater,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, multiple locations: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Jamie L. Rothenburger,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, multiple locations: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Susan Kutz,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Stéphane Lair,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, multiple locations: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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Megan Jones,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, multiple locations: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Laura Bourque,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, multiple locations: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada
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Scott McBurney,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, multiple locations: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada
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Margo Pybus,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Government of Alberta and University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Iga Stasiak,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Government of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Erin Moffatt,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, multiple locations: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada, Government of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Naima Jutha,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environment and Climate Change, Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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Helen Schwantje,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation British Columbia Ministry of Water, Lands and Resource Stewardship (Emeritus), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Larissa Nituch,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5436-588X

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Damien O. Joly,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, multiple locations: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada
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Claire M. Jardine,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, multiple locations: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Trent K. Bollinger

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, multiple locations: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Twenty years of ungulate disease surveillance by the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (2003–2022)

Kerry Schutten,
Leonard Shirose,
Brian Stevens,
Dayna Goldsmith,
Owen Slater,
Jamie L. Rothenburger,
Susan Kutz,
Stéphane Lair,
Megan Jones,
Laura Bourque

Published: March 5, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0343520

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