Diseases of Importance of Domestic Ruminants and Free-ranging North American Cervids

Numerous diseases of importance in domestic ruminants and free-ranging wildlife can be transmitted between each other. This section will be limited to diseases that are known to affect both wild and domestic animals. In most cases, the disease can be transmitted in both directions and have important impacts in both domestic and free-ranging animals. In some cases the disease is primarily in domestic animals and spills over into wildlife, and in others the disease is primarily in wildlife and spills over into domestic animals. Diseases covered in this presentation include tuberculosis, brucellosis, anthrax, paratuberculosis, malignant catarrhal fever, bluetongue/epizootic hemorrhage disease, elaeophoriasis and bovine virus diarrhea.