A serologic survey was conducted on an American bison (Bison bison) herd in Kansas for antibodies against Brucella spp., Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola, pomona, grippotyphosa, icterohaemorrhagiae, and hardjo, Anaplasma spp., bluetongue virus, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus and bovine viral diarrhea virus. There was an increase in prevalence of bluetongue antibodies from 38% in 1987 to 100% in 1989 in animals ≥24-mo-old. Prevalences of antibodies against the other livestock pathogens were either negative or at levels associated with previous vaccination.
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1 July 1991
Serologic Survey for Selected Microbial Pathogens in Bison from Kansas
J. G. Vestweber,
G. L. Merrill,
J. J. Staats,
J. Veatch
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 27 • No. 3
July 1991
Vol. 27 • No. 3
July 1991
American bison
Bison bison
epizootiology
microbial pathogens
serosurvey