Emergency response planning for anthrax outbreaks in bison herds of northern Canada: A balance between policy and science

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 969, Issue , 2002, Pages 245-250

  Nishi, J S ^a   Dragon, D C ^a   Elkin, B T ^a   Mitchell, J ^b   Ellsworth, T R ^a   Hugh Jones, M E ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AERP; Anthrax; Bison; Northern Canada

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; BACTERIAL SPORE; BUFFALO; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; NONHUMAN; PLANNING; POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTHRAX; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BISON; BISON BISON; BUBALUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036414485     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04386.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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