Susan Kutz

Biographic Data

ID1347826
NAMESusan Kutz
GIVEN NAMESSusan
FAMILY NAMEKutz
SIGNATUREKUTZ S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Calgary
ORCID0000-0003-2352-8687
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS19
TOTAL CITATIONS8
WORKS AS AUTHOR19
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Temperature and Rainfall Associate With Patterns of Parasitism in Free‐Ranging Capuchin Monkeys ( Cebus imitator )

    Open AccessMegan C Henriquez, Fernando A Campos et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Primatology2026

    Ecological variables such as climate and habitat composition can impact the infection patterns of gastrointestinal parasites in animal host populations by affecting host behavior and parasite survivability and distribution in the external environment. Data from wild primate populations provide insights into these processes. To contribute new insights from a well‐characterized population, we collected 200 fecal samples from five groups of Costa Ri…

  • Coming Together to Talk about Genomics and DNA-based Tools for Umingmak (Muskox, Ovibos moschatus ) Conservation

    Open AccessShivangi Mishra, Steven Crookes et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2025

  • Gastrointestinal Parasites in Wild Capuchins (Cebus imitator)

    Open AccessMegan C Henriquez, Hadjira Hamou et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025References: 82

  • An improved age estimation method for caribou and reindeer using tooth eruption and wear

    Open AccessGrace Kohut, R J Losey et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2024References: 1

  • Surveillance for Zoonotic Pathogens and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit of Ringed Seals (nattiit) (Pusa hispida) in Frobisher Bay and Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada

    Open AccessEnooyaq Sudlovenick, James Simonee et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2023

    Ringed seals (Pusa hispida) (nattiq (s.), nattiit (pl.) [Inuktut]) provide an important food staple for Nunavummiut (Indigenous residents of Nunavut). We studied the health of nattiit harvested by hunters from Baffin Island, Nunavut, via Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and veterinary science. We conducted serological surveys and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for select zoonotic pathogens, including Brucella spp., Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, Leptospir…

  • Documenting Indigenous Knowledge to Identify and Understand the Stressors of Muskoxen ( Ovibos moschatu s) in Nunavut, Canada

    Open AccessJuliette Di Francesco, Andrea N Hanke et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2022

    Indigenous knowledge provides valuable information on wildlife health and ecology, contributing to a broader understanding of the patterns and phenomena observed. Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus), an important species for the subsistence and culture of Inuit communities in the Arctic, are increasingly exposed to diverse stressors linked to rapid climate change and other anthropogenic changes. Identifying and understanding these stressors and their imp…

  • A Caribou Decline Foreshadowed by Inuit in the Central Canadian Arctic

    Open AccessAndrea N Hanke, Monica Angohiatok et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2022

    The Dolphin and Union (DU) caribou herd (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus x pearyi), locally referred to as Island caribou, is a unique and at-risk ecotype of caribou that ranges on Victoria Island and the adjacent mainland in the central Canadian Arctic. To facilitate the incorporation of traditional knowledge (TK) and better inform the required species recovery plan, we analyzed an archived set of TK interviews done in Ekaluktutiak and Kugluktuk…

  • Implications of Zoonoses From Hunting and Use of Wildlife in North American Arctic and Boreal Biomes

    Open AccessLucy Keatts, Martin D Robards et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    The COVID-19 pandemic has re-focused attention on mechanisms that lead to zoonotic disease spillover and spread. Commercial wildlife trade, and associated markets, are recognized mechanisms for zoonotic disease emergence, resulting in a growing global conversation around reducing human disease risks from spillover associated with hunting, trade, and consumption of wild animals. These discussions are especially relevant to people who rely on harve…

  • Muskox status, recent variation, and uncertain future

    Open AccessChristine Cuyler, Janice Rowell et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2020Cited by: 1References: 55

    Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) are an integral component of Arctic biodiversity. Given low genetic diversity, their ability to respond to future and rapid Arctic change is unknown, although paleontological history demonstrates adaptability within limits. We discuss status and limitations of current monitoring, and summarize circumpolar status and recent variations, delineating all 55 endemic or translocated populations. Acknowledging uncertainties, …

  • A Transdisciplinary Approach to Brucella in Muskoxen of the Western Canadian Arctic 1989–2016

    Open AccessMatilde Tomaselli, Brett Elkin et al.ARTICLEEcoHealth2019

    Brucella serostatus was evaluated in 3189 muskoxen sampled between 1989 and 2016 from various locations of the Canadian Arctic archipelago and mainland, near the communities of Sachs Harbour and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, and Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk, Nunavut. Brucella antibodies were found only in muskoxen sampled around Cambridge Bay, both on southern Victoria Island and on the adjacent mainland (Kent Peninsula). Consistent with part…

  • Iqaluktutiaq Voices

    Open AccessMatilde Tomaselli, S Craig Gerlach et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2018

    Understanding human-wildlife relationships and interactions is crucial to implementing policies and practices related to wildlife and public health that are locally relevant and adapted to local communities and needs. With the goal of informing a community-based participatory muskox health surveillance system in the community of Iqaluktutiaq (Cambridge Bay) on Victoria Island, Nunavut, Canada, we explored the importance of muskoxen for community …

  • Muskox Health Ecology Symposium 2016

    Open AccessSusan Kutz, Jan Rowell et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2017

  • Participatory science and innovation for improved sanitation and hygiene

    Open AccessErin Hetherington, Matthijs S Eggers et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    The Project SHINE model shows promise as an innovative capacity building approach and as an engagement and empowerment strategy for youth and communities to develop locally sustainable strategies to improve sanitation and hygiene

  • ‘We Can’t Get Worms From Cow Dung’

    Open AccessRita Henderson, Rita Isabel Henderson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2016

    Records at the Endulen Hospital in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), Tanzania, reveal that soil-transmitted helminth infections and protozoa are consistently in the top ten diagnoses for Maasai pastoralists, indicating a significant public health concern. Nevertheless, Maasai pastoralist adaptations to life in close proximity to livestock and to unreliable access to water raise important questions about experiences of, and resiliency to, pa…

  • Climate Change and Infectious Diseases

    Open AccessSonia Altizer, Richard S Ostfeld et al.ARTICLEScience2013

    Scientists have long predicted large-scale responses of infectious diseases to climate change, giving rise to a polarizing debate, especially concerning human pathogens for which socioeconomic drivers and control measures can limit the detection of climate-mediated changes. Climate change has already increased the occurrence of diseases in some natural and agricultural systems, but in many cases, outcomes depend on the form of climate change and …

  • Predictors of Parasitism in Wild White-Faced Capuchins (Cebus capucinus)

    Open AccessNigel A Parr, Linda Marie Fedigan et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2013Cited by: 2References: 66

  • Diet and Habitat of Mountain Woodland Caribou Inferred from Dung Preserved in 5000-year-old Alpine Ice in the Selwyn Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada

    Open AccessJennifer M Galloway, Jan Adamczewski et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2012

    Alpine ice patches are unique repositories of cryogenically preserved archaeological artefacts and biological specimens. Recent melting of ice in the Selwyn Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada, has exposed layers of dung accumulated during seasonal use of ice patches by mountain woodland caribou of the ancestral Redstone population over the past ca. 5250 years. Although attempts to isolate the DNA of known caribou parasites were unsuccessful…

  • Fostering Community-Based Wildlife Health Monitoring and Research in the Canadian North

    Open AccessRyan K Brooks, Ryan K Brook et al.ARTICLEEcoHealth2009

  • Ecology of the gastrointestinal parasites of Colobus vellerosus at Boabeng‐Fiema, Ghana

    Open AccessJulie A Teichroeb, Susan Kutz et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Physical…2009Cited by: 5References: 79

    Parasite richness and prevalence in wild animals can be used as indicators of population and ecosystem health. In this study, the gastrointestinal parasites of ursine colobus monkeys ( Colobus vellerosus ) at the Boabeng‐Fiema Monkey Sanctuary (BFMS), Ghana, were investigated. BFMS is a sacred grove where monkeys and humans have long lived in relatively peaceful proximity. Fecal samples ( n = 109) were collected opportunistically from >27 adult a…