A SEROLOGIC SURVEY FOR SELECTED INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF BLACK BEARS IN IDAHO

C. E. BINNINGER; J. J. BEECHAM; LEO A. THOMAS; LYNN D. WINWARD

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-16.3.423

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1 July 1980 A SEROLOGIC SURVEY FOR SELECTED INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF BLACK BEARS IN IDAHO

C. E. BINNINGER, J. J. BEECHAM, LEO A. THOMAS, LYNN D. WINWARD

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 16(3):423-430 (1980). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-16.3.423

Abstract

Two hundred sixty-five black bears (Ursus americanus) from northcentral Idaho were examined serologically over a five-year period for antibodies against selected infectious disease agents. The number of positive serum samples per number of sera tested and percent positive for each infectious agent is: tularemia, 65/340 (19); brucellosis, 18/332 (5); toxoplasmosis, 23/303 (8); leptospirosis, 2/196 (1); trichinosis, 16/122 (13); Q-fever, 13/210 (6); St. Louis encephalitis, 3/340 (1); western equine encephalitis, 4/334 (1); Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, 6/282 (2). Black bears may serve as an indicator for infection in other wildlife, domestic animals and humans in the area.

BINNINGER, BEECHAM, THOMAS, and WINWARD: A SEROLOGIC SURVEY FOR SELECTED INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF BLACK BEARS IN IDAHO

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C. E. BINNINGER, J. J. BEECHAM, LEO A. THOMAS, and LYNN D. WINWARD "A SEROLOGIC SURVEY FOR SELECTED INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF BLACK BEARS IN IDAHO," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 16(3), 423-430, (1 July 1980). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-16.3.423

Received: 16 May 1979; Published: 1 July 1980

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