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Tuberculosis: Will it infect wild elk?

T.J. Roffe·B. Smith
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Abstract

Tuberculosis! Just the name conjures up images of a devastating, chronic, debilitating disease. And so it is in both humans and animals. Tuberculosis (TB) is not known to be present to any significant degree in the free-ranging elk herds of North America. But increasing reports of TB in deer species-including elk-on game ranches prompt grave concern.

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90° N90° S · 180° W ← longitude → 180° E
Source-reported bounding extent: 7.2205° to 83.5491° latitude; -171.7911° to -12.2086° longitude. This indicates report coverage, not an exact sampling location. View area on OpenStreetMap.

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T.J. Roffe, B. Smith. 1992. Tuberculosis: Will it infect wild elk?. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/1003820

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