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Report to the United States Animal Health Association Brucellosis Committee
October 10-11, 1999, San Diego, California
Approved Bison Quarantine Facilities
Procedures to test brucellosis-exposed bison from Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks in order to qualify the animals as brucellosis free. From the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Brucellosis Uniform Methods and Rules. These procedures were developed in cooperation with the GYIBC technical committee.
Brucellosis, Bison, Elk and
Cattle in the Greater Yellowstone Area: Defining the Problem,
Exploring the Solutions
This publication was based on papers presented at a National
Symposium on Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area held in
Jackson, Wyoming on September 26-28, 1994. The symposium was
sponsored by the Greater Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis
Committee and hosted by the Governors of Wyoming, Montana, and
Idaho, the Secretaries of the U.S. Departments of Interior and
Agriculture, and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
National symposium document from September 1994
symposium held in Jackson, Wyoming: Results of the symposium entitled
Brucellosis, Bison, Elk, and Cattle in the Greater Yellowstone Area: Defining
the Problem, Exploring Solutions are available at Wyoming
community and University of Wyoming libraries. They also will be available for
$15.00 each through the Wyoming Game and Fish Department's Alternative
Enterprises at 5400 Bishop Blvd., Cheyenne, Wyoming, 82006 (phone 307-777-4570).
Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area
An 8 minute video produced by the GYIBC. Formation of GYIBC is discussed,
brucellosis and the issues of concern are defined. Bison management along
the Montana and Yellowstone National Park boundary, the Wyoming Game and Fish
Departments brucellosis feedground and habitat management program, research
projects, and habitat management efforts are illustrated and explained.
The need for long term management plans and interagency cooperation is also
discussed.
Available from:
Wyoming Game and Fish Department Alternative Enterprises
Telephone: 1-800-548-9453
Cost: $8.00 plus postage
General Position Statement on
Winter Feeding of Elk and Other Wild Ungulates
The evidence is overwhelming that winter feeding of elk has
proven to perpetuate and enhance the spread of diseases,
especially brucellosis. Consequently, promotion or initiation of
new wildlife feeding grounds in the states of Montana, Idaho and
Wyoming would be contrary to the mission statement and goals of
the GYIBC.
Goal, Mission and Objectives
The goal, mission, and objectives for the GYIBC were defined in
the original Memorandum of Understanding that was signed in June
1995 by the Secretary of Interior, Secretary of Agriculture and
the Governors of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming it is the purpose of
the GYIBC and guides its activities and decisions.
Information Action Plan
This plan was developed to address the communication,
information, concerns and issues regarding the GYIBC and its
efforts. The paper contains sections on GYIBC issues and
concerns, target audiences and goals and objectives.
Interspecies Transmission of Brucella abortus
This paper addresses the interspecies transmission of brucellosis caused by B. abortus between domestic bovine, domestic equine, captive bison, free-ranging elk and free-ranging wild bison.
Memorandum of Understanding
This is the original document that sets up the Greater
Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis Committee (GYIBC). It
describes the organization and membership, the scope of the
GYIBC's work, the Goal, Mission, and Objectives, etc. The
Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture and the Governors of
Idaho, Wyoming and Montana signed the document in 1995.
Protocol
for Evaluating Safety and Efficacy of a Wildlife Vaccine against
Brucellosis in the GYA
The purpose of this protocol is to establish guidelines for the
development and evaluation of new brucellosis vaccines to be used
in free-ranging elk (Cervus elaphus) and bison (Bison
bison) inhabiting the Greater Yellowstone Area.
Recent and Current Research and Projects Pertinent to
GYIBC
Summaries of recent and ongoing research projects of interest to
GYIBC. Identifies the agencies involved in the research and
provides Email links to many of the investigators. This document
will be updated periodically.
Risk of Transmission of Brucellosis from Infected Bull
Bison to Cattle
Emigrating bison require consideration if there is any potential
for transmission of brucellosis to domestic cattle. The normal
transmission mode involves direct contact with tissues or
discharges from female animals that have aborted. The danger of
transmission by bulls is clearly less than the danger of
transmission by bison cows, but the level of that danger has not
been specifically determined.
Standardized Sample Collection
Protocols for Bison
This paper was developed by a working group of the Technical
Subcommittee. Its purpose is to design protocol for the
collection of samples from bison in a uniform manner that will
lead to data as free of contamination and artifact as is possible
in a field setting. Also included is a "short" protocol
for special situations that arise during sampling in the field.
White Paper
This paper was developed to summarize the information about
brucellosis, as it might relate to management of bison and elk in
the Greater Yellowstone Area, about which there is general
agreement among the technical experts employed by the responsible
state and federal agencies.
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