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Implications of Agricultural and Wildlife Policy on Management and Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Brucellosis in Free‐Ranging Wood Bison of Northern Canada
Author(s) -
NISHI J. S.,
STEPHEN C.,
ELKIN B. T.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04385.x
Subject(s) - livestock , wildlife , brucellosis , agriculture , wildlife disease , environmental planning , population , wildlife conservation , business , geography , bovine tuberculosis , wildlife management , legislation , environmental protection , natural resource economics , environmental resource management , agroforestry , tuberculosis , environmental health , veterinary medicine , ecology , biology , political science , economics , medicine , mycobacterium bovis , forestry , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , law
A bstract : Although disease is often an important factor in the population dynamics of wild ungulates, it is largely the threat—both real and perceived—that sylvatic disease reservoirs pose to the health status of commercial livestock or game farm industry that has led governments to establish policy and legislation for disease management, trade, and movement. With respect to bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis in wildlife, policies are largely borrowed from the existing regulatory framework for domestic livestock. In this paper, we review how general policy goals for managing these reportable diseases in domestic livestock have also affected conservation and management of bison in Canada. We argue that there is a need to better integrate conservation biology with agricultural livestock policy to develop management options and better address the unique conservation challenges that diseased free‐ranging bison populations present.