Estimating probabilities of active brucellosis infection in Yellowstone bison through quantitative serology and tissue culture

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1324-1332

  Treanor, John J ^a,b   Geremia, Chris ^a,c   Crowley, Philip H ^b   Cox, John J ^b   White, Patrick J ^a   Wallen, Rick L ^a   Blanton, Douglas W ^a  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Bayesian; Bison; Brucella abortus; Brucellosis; Conservation; Culture; Disease; Serology; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CULLING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH RISK; LIVESTOCK; NATIONAL PARK; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SERUM; UNGULATE; VACCINATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BISON BISON BISON; BOS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 80055097619     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02058.x     Document Type: Article

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