Pneumonia — United States
A bacterium long feared by sheep hunters and wildlife managers has been found for the 1st time among wild sheep in Alaska.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced that _Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae_ — often known as _M. ovi_ — has been found in sheep killed last year [2017] by hunters in the Talkeetna Mountains area. The bacterium was also found in wild goats in the Kenai Peninsula.
The bacterium is not native to Alaska. In the Lower 48 [states], it is blamed for contributing to
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