Effects of management, behavior, and scavenging on risk of brucellosis transmission in elk of western wyoming

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 398-410

  Maichak, Eric J ^a   Scurlock, Brandon M ^a   Rogerson, Jared D ^a   Meadows, Laura L ^b   Barbknecht, Andrea E ^c   Edwards, William H ^a   Cross, Paul C ^d,e  

^a WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Cervus elaphus; Density dependent; Disease transmission; Elk; Feedgrounds; Scavengers; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FOOD CHAIN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY ABORTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; POPULATION CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; WYOMING;

EID: 67650000877     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.2.398     Document Type: Article

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