Low Pathogenic Avian influenza in VA

Live Bird Market Closure in the Northeast

Infectious Salmon Anemia

CWD in MN and WI

VS Consolidates Offices

Pseudorabies in IA, PA, and MN

The Greater Yellowstone Area: Brucellosis in Bison and Elk

Homeland Security Grants to States and Tribal Lands

Assessing Brucellosis in the Tristate Area: Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho

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Assessing Brucellosis in the Tristate Area: Montana, Wyoming and Idaho

VS worked with Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho during 2002 to set up a committee to assess the prevention of and surveillance for brucellosis in the three States that surround the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA). Moreover, they worked to assess whether or not a comprehensive surveillance plan needed to be developed that could also be shared with other States or interested parties. The intent of building a committee was to ensure the continued gathering of data that could be provided to any other States or areas that are concerned about the status of the livestock in the GYA.

The intent of the plan is to ensure that cattle in the GYA are brucellosis free, and that if brucellosis were to be transmitted to cattle from bison or elk, it would be detected as soon as possible. Although the States surrounding the GYA are classified as brucellosis class free by APHIS, being able to provide data on surveillance and prevention in the area provides a good mechanism for assuring other states or countries that the cattle in the GYA are indeed free of brucellosis.