Status of brucellosis in free-ranging elk and Bison in Wyoming

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 442-449

  Scurlock, Brandon M ^a   Edwards, William H ^a  

^a WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison bison; Brucellosis; Cervus elaphus; Elk; Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem; Winter feeding; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

BISON; BISON BISON; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; BISON; BLOOD; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BISON; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MALE; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; WYOMING;

EID: 77952330232     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.2.442     Document Type: Article

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