Exposure of bighorn sheep to domestic goats colonized with Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae induces sub-lethal pneumonia

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 6; p. e0178707
• Main Authors: Besser, Thomas E., Cassirer, E. Frances, Potter, Kathleen A., Foreyt, William J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 07.06.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agriculture; Animals; Animals, Domestic - microbiology; Biology and Life Sciences; Bronchopneumonia; Capra aegagrus hircus; Councils; Disease; Disease control; Domestic animals; Experiments; Exposure; Goats; Goats - microbiology; Laboratory animals; Lesions; Lobes; Lung - microbiology; Lung - pathology; Lungs; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mortality; Mycoplasma diseases in animals; Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae; Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae - physiology; Ovis aries; Ovis canadensis; Pathogens; Pathology; People and Places; Physiological aspects; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - pathology; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - veterinary; Research and Analysis Methods; Respiratory diseases; Sheep; Sheep, Bighorn - microbiology; Studies; Veterinary colleges; Veterinary medicine

Bronchopneumonia is a population limiting disease of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) that has been associated with contact with domestic Caprinae. The disease is polymicrobial but is initiated by Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, which is commonly carried by both domestic sheep (O. aries) and goats (Capra a...