Publications

relationships among ecology, demography and diseases of european bison (bison bonasus).	the bison population in the bialowieza forest in poland has now grown to approximately 300, while the herds in the belarusian part of the forest total about 240 bison. the first signs of a health problem in these herds appeared in 1980, when two cases of balanoposthitis were detected in two bulls (2 and 5 years of age). since 1980 research has been conducted to explain the cause of diseases, particularly balanoposthitis, and to monitor the health of bison in bialowieza forest. a total number of ...	2003	14703870
some morphological, biochemical and immunological blood parameters in european bison with or without lesions in the digestive, respiratory, urinary and reproductive tracts.	ninety-seven bison (39 males and 58 females) were culled out during three successive winter seasons. no infection with bhv-1 and bhv-5 or other viruses was detected by pcr and sn methods. advanced pathological lesions observed in males exhibiting symptoms of posthitis/balanoposthitis are probably due to secondary infection by microorganisms present in the prepuce (corynebacterium spp., bacillus spp., fusobacterium necrophorum, staphylococcus spp. (coagulase negative) and staphylococcus hyicus). ...	2007	17937185