Serum samples collected from 2,365 free-roaming hybrid bison (Bison bison bison x Bison bison athabascae) in Wood Buffalo National Park and adjacent areas in the Northwest Territories were tested for brucellosis during the period 1959 to 1974. A positive reaction was obtained in 739 (31.2%) of the animals tested. The overall effect of brucellosis on this free-roaming bison population is unknown. The authors also dealt with some of the actual and possible consequences of the disease in this population.
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1 July 1978
PARASITES AND DISEASES OF BISON IN CANADA IV. SEROLOGIC SURVEY FOR BRUCELLOSIS IN BISON IN NORTHERN CANADA.
L. P. E. CHOQUETTE,
E. BROUGHTON,
J. G. COUSINEAU,
N. S. NOVAKOWSKI