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1 April 1974 A SEROLOGICAL SURVEY FOR SELECTED VIRAL INFECTIONS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN SHEEP
JOHN B. PARKS, J. J. ENGLAND
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Abstract

Serum samples were collected from 29 Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) in their natural habitats in Colorado and Wyoming. Sera were tested for the presence of antibodies to six viruses. Hemagglutination inhibition tests indicated 18 sheep had antibodies to PI3, with 9 having titers greater than 1:8 and 24 sheep had antibodies to bovine parvovirus 1, with 24 having titers greater than 1:8. Serum neutralization tests showed one sheep had antibodies to the viruses of blue-tongue and bovine viral diarrhea while no animals had titers to infectious bovine rhinotracheitis. Complement fixation tests revealed 13 sheep had antibodies to the group specific CF antigen of the adenoviruses. Only one animal possessed the group specific precipitating antibody.

PARKS and ENGLAND: A SEROLOGICAL SURVEY FOR SELECTED VIRAL INFECTIONS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN SHEEP
JOHN B. PARKS and J. J. ENGLAND "A SEROLOGICAL SURVEY FOR SELECTED VIRAL INFECTIONS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN SHEEP," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 10(2), 107-110, (1 April 1974). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-10.2.107
Received: 8 August 1973; Published: 1 April 1974
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