Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Pneumonia ovine – USA: (AK) wild ungulates, alert
PRO/AH/EDR> Pneumonia ovine – USA: (AK) wild ungulates, alert
Pneumonia -- United StatesA 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 Read more [...]
