An outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in an intensively managed conservation herd of wild bison in the Northwest Territories

An outbreak of bovine tuberculosis was detected in the Hook Lake Wood Bison Recovery Project captive-breeding herd in March 2005. This study investigates the most likely source of Mycobacterium bovis and identifies difficulties associated with salvaging tuberculosis-free animals from an endemically...

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Main Authors: Himsworth, Chelsea G., Elkin, Brett T., Nishi, John S., Neimanis, Aleksija S., Wobeser, Gary A., Turcotte, Claude, Leighton, Fredrick A.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Canadian Veterinary Medical Association 2010
Subjects:
Scientific
Northwest Territories
Wood Bison
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2871352
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20808568
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Summary:An outbreak of bovine tuberculosis was detected in the Hook Lake Wood Bison Recovery Project captive-breeding herd in March 2005. This study investigates the most likely source of Mycobacterium bovis and identifies difficulties associated with salvaging tuberculosis-free animals from an endemically infected herd.

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