Pathology of brucellosis in Bison from Yellowstone National Park

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 101-109

  Rhyan, Jack C ^a   Gidlewski, Thomas ^b   Roffe, Thomas J ^c   Aune, Keith ^d   Philo, L Michael ^e   Ewalt, Darla R ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Res and Technical Services Bureau   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Bacteriology; Bison; Bison bison; Brucella abortus; Brucellosis; Cattle; Disease; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BISON; BISON BISON; BOS TAURUS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; BUBALUS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BISON; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; MALE; MONTANA; PLACENTA;

EID: 0035221082     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.1.101     Document Type: Article

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