Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area (1998) / Chapter Skim
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In response to public discussion of whether brucellosis transmission by bison or elk (Cerv'~s elaphus) is a threat to clomestic livestock and whether vaccination or other management strategies might prove useful in controlling potential transmission, Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt asked the National Academy of Sciences to undertake a 6-month study of brucellosis in the GYA.
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FIGURE 1. Winter ranges and migration routes ofthe Greater Yellowstone Area bison herds.
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FOREST ~ FIGURE 2. Winter ranges and migration routes of the Greater Yellowstone Area elk herds.
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private funcis has been spent on brucellosis eradication in domestic livestock. The National Brucellosis Program is run by the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
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on current scientific knowledge. By authorizing USDA to regulate brucellosis transmission in cattle, the federal government has demonstrated concern that brucellosis poses a low-risk, great-Ioss situation in terms of potential economic consequences and possible human health effects.
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was sent to interested parties and experts to obtain current scientific information. Open meetings were held on July 2425, 1997, in Bozeman, Montana, anti on August 4, 1997, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to hear scientific presentations on current research and to provide a forum at which public opinion couIci be expressed (see Appendix B)
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