Implications of agricultural and wildlife policy on management and eradication of bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis in free-ranging wood bison of northern Canada

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 969, Issue , 2002, Pages 236-244

  Nishi, J S ^a   Stephen, C ^b   Elkin, B T ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b Centre for Coastal Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Bison; Bison bison; Bovine brucellosis; Bovine tuberculosis; Brucella abortus; Conservation; Disease eradication; Herd health status; Mycobacterium boris

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; BUFFALO; CANADA; CATTLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CARRIER; HEALTH STATUS; LIVESTOCK; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WILDLIFE;

BISON; BISON BISON; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; BUBALUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEGIBACTERIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0036413559     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04385.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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