Buffalo shots.

• Position: STATELINE - Vaccination for the prevention of brucellosis - Brief article

The Montana Department of Livestock is proposing that some of the bison (calves and yearlings) that wander out of Yellowstone National Park be vaccinated to help reduce the potential spread of brucellosis. Cattle ranchers worry that bison will transmit the disease, which can cause cattle to abort. Federal officials began vaccinating some bison inside the park last year and will continue to do so this year. But opponents of the plan contend that...