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. 1999 Feb;40(2):113–117.

Observations on animal and human health during the outbreak of Mycobacterium bovis in game farm wapiti in Alberta.

P N Nation 1, E A Fanning 1, H B Hopf 1, T L Church 1
PMCID: PMC1539558  PMID: 10065319

Abstract

This report describes and discusses the history, clinical, pathologic, epidemiologic, and human health aspects of an outbreak of Mycobacterium bovis infection in domestic wapiti in Alberta between 1990 and 1993, shortly after legislative changes allowing game farming. The extent and seriousness of the outbreak of M. bovis in wapiti in Alberta was not fully known at its onset. The clinical findings in the first recognized infected wapiti are presented and the postmortem records for the herd in which the animal resided are summarized. Epidemiologic findings from the subsequent field investigation are reviewed, the results of recognition and investigation of human exposure are updated, and recommendations for reduction of human exposure are presented.

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