Bovine tuberculosis in Canadian wildlife: An updated history

• Main Author: Wobeser, Gary
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Veterinary Medical Association 2009
• Subjects: Scientific; Canada; Wood Buffalo; Wood Buffalo National Park; Plains Bison
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2764465; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20119541

Mycobacterium bovis infection in wild animals attracted little attention in Canada until the disease was almost eliminated from domestic livestock. Tuberculosis was endemic in plains bison and occurred in elk, moose, and mule deer in Buffalo National Park (BNP), Alberta during the 1920s and 1930s. B...