Role of carriers in the transmission of pneumonia in bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)

In the absence of livestock contact, recurring lamb mortality in bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) populations previously exposed to pneumonia indicates the likely presence of carriers of pneumonia-causing pathogens, and possibly inadequate maternally derived immunity. To investigate this problem we c...

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Main Authors: Raghavan, Bindu, Erickson, Kayla, Kugadas, Abirami, Batra, Sai A., Call, Douglas R., Davis, Margaret A., Foreyt, William J., Srikumaran, Subramaniam
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4920194/