Xie, Fang; Horan, Richard D. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Brucellosis is a highly infectious bacterial disease that causes infected females to abort their calves. It has caused … devastating losses to U.S. farmers over the last century. The only known focus of Brucellosis left in the nation is wildlife such … as bison and elk in the Greater Yellowstone Area. Vaccination and test-and-slaughter have been applied to brucellosis …