Protostrongylid parasites and pneumonia in captive and wild thinhorn sheep (Ovis dalli)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-205

  Jenkins, Emily J ^a,d   Veitch, A M ^b   Kutz, S J ^a   Bollinger, T K ^a   Chirino Trejo, J M ^a   Elkin, B T ^b   West, K H ^a   Hoberg, E P ^c   Polley, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Neural; Northwest Territories; Ovis dalli; Population health; Protostrongylid; Thinhorn sheep; Verminous pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE; MANNHEIMIA; OVIS ARIES; OVIS DALLI; OVIS DALLI DALLI; PARELAPHOSTRONGYLUS ODOCOILEI; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA SP.; PROTOSTRONGYLIDAE; PROTOSTRONGYLUS STILESI;

EID: 34250381207     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-43.2.189     Document Type: Article

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