A 2013 outbreak of respiratory disease in bighorn sheep from California's Mojave Desert metapopulation caused high mortality in at least one population. Subsequent PCR and strain-typing indicate widespread infection of a single strain of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae throughout this region. Serosurvey of archived samples showed that some populations have had antibodies to M. ovipneumoniae since at least 1986, although pre-2013 strain-type data are unavailable.
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25 March 2021
Previously Unrecognized Exposure of Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) to Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae in the California Mojave Desert
Nicholas Shirkey,
Annette Roug,
Thomas Besser,
Vernon C. Bleich,
Neal Darby,
Daniella Dekelaita,
Nathan L. Galloway,
Ben Gonzales,
Debra Hughson,
Lora Konde,
Ryan Monello,
Paige R. Prentice,
Regina Vu,
John Wehausen,
Brandon Munk,
Jenny Powers,
Clinton W. Epps
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 57 • No. 2
April 2021
Vol. 57 • No. 2
April 2021