All wild animals carry diseases.
In some cases these might be of concern if they can spread to humans or domestic animals. In other cases, they might be of interest if they impact on the health of our wild herds, or simply if they have been noticed by hunters and you would like to know more. This factsheet is one of a series produced on the common diseases of caribou and covers the cyst form of three common tapeworms. The first two have no known public health importance while the third, known also as hydatid disease, can be a cause of human illness. These hosts are a predator and a prey species.