Keeping an eye out for brucellosis

FWP and the state Department of Livestock are monitoring for brucellosis in Montana elk. The disease is carried by elk, bison and cattle. It can cause females to abort their calves. Controlling brucellosis is the main rationale offered for culling bison as the animals enter Montana as they migrate out of Yellowstone National Park.

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