Infection of cattle with Brucella abortus biovar 1 isolated from a bison in Wood Buffalo National Park.

• Main Authors: Forbes, L B, Tessaro, S V
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1996
• Subjects: Research Article; Wood Buffalo; Wood Buffalo National Park
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1576461; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8809394

An experiment was conducted to determine if cattle could be infected with a strain of Brucella abortus biovar 1 isolated from a bison in Wood Buffalo National Park. Three pregnant cows inoculated conjunctivally with 5.7 x 10(8) cfu of the bacterium, and their subsequent calves, showed seroconversion...