An Overview of Early Anthrax Outbreaks in Northern Canada: Field Reports of the Health of Animals Branch, Agriculture Canada, 1962-71

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Dragon, D.C., Elkin, B.T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2001
• Subjects: anthrax; bison; disease; Northwest Territories; Wood Buffalo National Park; maladie; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; parc national Wood Buffalo; Canada; Wood Buffalo; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63818

Between 1962 and 1971, six outbreaks of anthrax occurred in the bison herds of the Northwest Territories and northern Alberta. In response, the federal Health of Animals Branch dispatched staff veterinarians to oversee carcass disposal operations and later to take part in bison depopulation and vacc...