Greater Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis Committee (GYIBC) "White Paper"

Submitted by bsiadmin on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 16:59.

Publication Type:

Report

Authors:

GYIBC

Source:

Greater Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis Committee, p.9p. (1997)

URL:

http://www.gyibc.com/Accomplishments/whitepaper.pdf

Keywords:

brucellosis; disease; Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem; management; natural resource management; wildlife health; brucella; brucella abortus; bacteria

Abstract:

One of the most difficult aspects of developing management plans for wild, free-ranging bison and elk herds in the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) is that some animals in these herds are hosts for the organism Brucella abortus which causes the disease brucellosis. B abortus is endemic in GYA bison and elk, and one of ten objectives of the Greater Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis Committee (GYIBC) is to "plan for the elimination of brucellosis by the year 2010" (see attached). However, there are differing opinions about the appropriateness or necessity of a management emphasis on the elimination of B. abortus, the environmental consequences of actions necessary to eradicate the disease, and the consequences of not eradicating brucellosis from these herds. While there is public controversy about brucellosis and wildlife, professionals in the various relevant technical fields also disagree. This paper was developed to summarize the information about brucellosis, as it might relate to management of bison and elk in the GYA, about which there is general agreement among the technical experts employed by the responsible state and federal agencies.

Notes:

Found online, pdf on computerNatureBib ID: 57622