Brucellosis and tuberculosis as factors limiting population growth of northern bison

• Main Author: Joly, Damien Oliver
• Other Authors: Messier, François
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 2001
• Subjects: Canada; Hay Camp; Nyarling River; Wood Buffalo; Wood Buffalo National Park
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-10212004-002356

Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) and brucellosis (Brucella abortus) were introduced to Wood Buffalo National Park (WBNP), Canada in the late 1920s. In the last thirty years, the bison population has declined to less than 25% of its former size. My main objectives were to assess the: (1) prevalence...