The brucellosis and tuberculosis status of wood bison in the Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary, Northwest Territories, Canada.

• Main Authors: Tessaro, S V, Gates, C C, Forbes, L B
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: Research Article; Canada; Northwest Territories; Wood Buffalo; Bison bison athabascae; Wood Bison; Wood Buffalo National Park; Bison bison bison
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1263633; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8269360

Postmortem examinations were done on 51 wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) killed as part of a multidisciplinary research project in the Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary, Northwest Territories, Canada, between 1986 and 1988. There was no gross, histological or bacteriological evidence of brucellosis or tu...