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The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) lists the wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) as Threatened (a species likely to become endangered if limiting factors are not reversed). Recovery efforts have been planned and implemented by the National Wood Bison Recovery Team (WBRT) and its partners. One of the greatest obstacles to the recovery of wood bison is the presence of introduced cattle diseases, specifically bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis, in some northern herds. Approximately 2,500 bison remain in infected herds, while the number of bison in noninfected free-ranging herds has increased to 4,700 (2,700 wood bison and 2,000 plains bison [B.b. bison]). In addition, the diseases are of grave economic concern to the burgeoning commercial bison industry in the region. While the agricultural industry and governments currently support the recovery of free-ranging herds of bison, support would diminish if the diseases spread to the healthy wild herds...
Mitchell, Jonathan A., Gates, C. Cormack; Rowell, Rick; Lloyd, Kevin. 1999. A Decision-support Tool for Managing the Risk of Tuberculosis and Brucellosis Infection in Northern Canada (in Proc. Conference Biology & Management of Species and Habitats at Risk). Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. Conference Biology & ManagementProceedings. Vol. 1
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