Microorganisms associated with a pneumonic epizootic in Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 548-558

  Rudolph, Karen M ^a   Hunter, David L ^b   Rimler, Richard B ^c   Cassirer, E Frances ^a   Foreyt, William J ^d   DeLong, Walter J ^e   Weiser, Glen C ^f   Ward, Alton C S ^f  

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

^b Turner Enterprises Inc   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e State of Idaho Bureau of Laboratories   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Mycoplasma spp.; Ovis canadensis canadensis; Parainfluenza 3 virus; Pasteurella multocida spp.; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA OVIPNEUMONIAE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PASTEURELLA; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA OVIPNEUMONIAE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3, BOVINE; PASTEURELLA; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, BOVINE; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, BIGHORN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; HUMAN PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; MYCOPLASMA; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; OVIS CANADENSIS CANADENSIS; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA SUBSP. MULTOCIDA; PASTEURELLA TREHALOSI; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 37849035699     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2006-0027R.1     Document Type: Article

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