Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Bighorn Sheep and Pneumonia



image of bighorn sheep from the Montana Bighorn Sheep Conservation Strategy, 2010

Missoulian: Bighorn sheep dying of pneumonia near Gardiner
Pneumonia Detected in Gardiner Area Bighorn Sheep
“Historically, pneumonia affects bighorn sheep herds differently. According to FWP Wildlife Veterinarian Jennifer Ramsey, “Sometimes we’ll see a large scale, all age die-off in which most of the population dies, and that population never really rebounds. Yet in other herds we seem to see a low-level mortality year after year.”

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