Bang's disease in the Yellowstone National Park buffalo and elk herds
Rush WM. 1932. Bang's disease in the Yellowstone National Park buffalo and elk herds. Journal of Mammalogy. 13(4):371-372
It has been noted for the past three or four years that a number of buffalo cows aborted their calves, and Bang's disease (infectious or contagious abortion) has been suspected of being the cause. In 1930, the Bureau of Animal Industry detailed Dr. William Logan of its staff to secure serum samples from the buffalo herd in order to determine if Bang's Disease was prevalent. Because of the difficulty of getting blood samples from live buffalo, Dr. Logan got but five samples, three of which reacted positively to the agglutination test for B. abortus. At the time of butchering the surplus buffalo, December 3 to 10, 1931, 110 blood samples were taken and tested by the "rapid plate" test at the Wild Life Research Laboratory, Yellowstone Park, and by both the "plate" and "tube" test at the Montana Veterinary Research Laboratory, Bozeman, Montana. The results of these 110 tests are as follows...
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Rush, W.
- Units
- YELL
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Bacteria, Bison (Bison bison), Brucella, Brucella abortus, Brucellosis, Disease, Mammals, Mortality, Population, Wildlife Health
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Infestations and Disease | Animal Diseases