Microbial diversity in bighorn sheep revealed by culture-independent methods

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 545-555

  Safaee, Shirin ^a   Weiser, Glen C ^b   Cassirer, E Frances ^c   Ramey, Rob R ^d   Kelley, Scott T ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Bighorn sheep; Leukotoxin; Mannheimia; Pasteurella; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MANNHEIMIA; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLACEAE;

EID: 33845298608     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.3.545     Document Type: Article

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