The effect of bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis on reproduction and survival of wood bison in Wood Buffalo National Park

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 543-551

  Joly, Damien O ^a,b   Messier, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison bison; Brucella abortus; Disease; Epizootiology; Mycobacterium bovis

Indexed keywords

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BISON BISON; BISON BISON ATHABASCAE; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; BUBALUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 20044362743     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00953.x     Document Type: Article

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