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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 42(3), 2006, pp. 570-577
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GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN OF SERUM ANTIBODY PREVALENCE FOR BRUCELLA SPP. IN CARIBOU, GRIZZLY BEARS, AND WOLVES FROM ALASKA, 1975–1998

Randall L. Zarnke1,3, Jay M. Ver Hoef1,2 and Robert A. DeLong1

1 Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 1300 College Road, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701-1599, USA
3 Corresponding author (email: itrap2{at}acsalaska.net)

ABSTRACT:   Blood samples were collected from 2,635 caribou (Rangifer tarandus), 1,238 grizzly bears (Ursus arctos), and 930 wolves (Canis lupus) from throughout mainland Alaska during 1975–98. Sera were tested for evidence of exposure to Brucella spp. Serum antibody prevalences were highest in the northwestern region of the state. In any specific area, antibody prevalences for caribou and wolves were of a similar magnitude, whereas antibody prevalence for bears in these same areas were two to three times higher.
  Key words:  Alaska, Brucella spp., caribou, grizzly bear, wolf.

2 Current address: NOAA National Marine Mammal Lab, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 4, Seattle, Washington 98115-6349, USA






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