Table 3.

Number of incidents of yersiniosis in wild rodents and lagomorphs in Canada. The numbers refer to infection by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, except for instances marked (Y.e) which refer to infection caused by Y. enterocolitica. Information is from the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Center (CCWHC) database or from files of Canadian veterinary colleges prior to the establishment of CCWHC in 1992, unless otherwise noted

	Province/territory
Species	BC	AB	SK	ON	QC	NB	PEI	NL	NT
Beaver	3	1a	5	5		1	1
				2 (Y.e)
Muskrat		1a	3 (Y.e.)	1
Snowshoe hare		1a		2	1 (Y.e)	1		2
Vancouver Island marmotb	1c(Y.e)
Brown lemmingd									1e

^a(55),

^bMarmota vancouverensis,

^cMinistry of Agriculture and Food, British Columbia, unpublished data,

^dLemmus trimucronatus,

^eJ. Blake (personal communication, 2007).