Lumpy jaw in wild sheep and its evolutionary implications

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-48

  Hoefs, M ^a   Bunch, T D ^b  

^a Box 2703   (Canada)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Evolution; Horn growth; Lumpy jaw; Mandibular osteomyelitis Ovis spp.; Wild sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS CANADENSIS; OVIS DALLI DALLI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; JAW DISEASE; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; NORTH AMERICA; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0035228385     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.1.39     Document Type: Article

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