REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON WILDLIFE DISEASES

摘要

The Committee met on October 13, 2009 at the Town and Country Hotel, San Diego, Calif., from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. There were 36 members and 32 guests present. Goats established a working group comprised of staff or members of state and federal animal health agencies, wildlife and public land management agencies, the American Sheep Industry and Wild Sheep Foundation (formerly Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (FNAWS). The working group was charged with developing best management practices for grazing domestic sheep (and goats) on public lands where contact between domestic sheep and bighorn sheep may occur. This working group concept was subsequently endorsed by USAHA as part of a broader resolution on "Cooperative Research and Management of Wildlife/Livestock Disease Interactions" approved in October 2007.