RECOVERY MANAGEMENT
Selection pressure has the potential to enhance or diminish the conservation and diversity of Wood Bison genetics.
Natural selection can only operate in free-roaming, wild public herds. This positive selective pressure is best demonstrated and preserved in naturally conserved Wood Bison habitat.
Consciously or subconsciously, private ranched bison herds can be pressured to select for marketable traits like growth, body confirmation, reproductive performance and docility. Over time, this selective pressure negatively impacts conservation and diversity of bison genetics.
Dr. C. Cormack Gates; Bison Specialist Group - North America, IUCN Species Survival Commission, 2008
The genetic importance of populations should be considered when selecting founding animals. Genetic management requires carefully managed breeding to ensure the retention of genetic diversity.
K. McFarlane(Zittlau), G.A. Wilson, J.S. Nishi; "Management Strategies for Conservation of Genetic Diversity in Wood Bison", 2006
RANCH CONTACT
John and Doris Pilon
P 403-783-8810
F 403-783-8821
E providencewoodbison@shaw.ca
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Recovery Stock
PROVIDENCE WOOD BISON SELECTION CRITERIA
The criteria listed below is used by Providence Wood Bison for selection of new founding members and genetic management of the APWB base breeding herd.
- Registration - must be registered or qualify for registration with Canadian Livestock Records Corporation, Ottawa, Canada.
- Parentage - must have a Genotype Certificate and demonstrate limited DNA relatedness to other APWB herd foundation stock.
- Morphology - must analytically represent the form and structure of Wood Bison.
- Phenotype - must observationally match the appearance traits assigned to Wood Bison.
- History - preference given to naturally raised Wood Bison and/or from designated conservation herds.
BREED STOCK
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All offspring at Providence Wood Bison can be DNA parentage tested at GenServe Laboratories, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. With a DNA profile and case number completed, each APWB offspring qualifies for registration as Purebred Wood Bison within the Canadian Bison Registry at the Canadian Livestock Records Corporation, Ottawa, Canada.
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