Transmission of Brucellosis from Elk to Cattle and Bison,Greater Yellowstone Area,USA, 2002–2012 |
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| Authors: | Jack C Rhyan Pauline Nol Christine Quance Arnold Gertonson John Belfrage Lauren Harris Kelly Straka Suelee Robbe-Austerman |
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| Institution: | National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (J.C. Rhyan, P. Nol, L. Harris, K. Straka); ;Natural Resources Research Center, Fort Collins (A. Gertonson, J. Belfrage); ;National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Ames, Iowa, USA (C. Quance, S. Robbe-Austerman) |
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| Abstract: | Bovine brucellosis has been nearly eliminated from livestock in the United States. Bison and elk in the Greater Yellowstone Area remain reservoirs for the disease. During 1990–2002, no known cases occurred in Greater Yellowstone Area livestock. Since then, 17 transmission events from wildlife to livestock have been investigated. |
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| Keywords: | brucellosis wildlife livestock epidemiology elk bison cattle Idaho Wyoming Montana Greater Yellowstone Area bacteria zoonoses |
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