Data for Fatal interactions: Pneumonia in bighorn lambs following experimental exposure to carriers of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae
Dates
Publication Date
2024-12-10
Start Date
2014-01-01
End Date
2019-12-31
Citation
Walsh, D. P., Weyand, L. K., Felts, B. L., Cassirer, E. F., Jenks, J. A., and Besser, T. E., 2024, Data for Fatal interactions: Pneumonia in bighorn lambs following experimental exposure to carriers of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P14MTUBA.
Summary
We hypothesized that bighorn sheep ewes with chronic nasal Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae carriage are the source of infection that results in fatal lamb pneumonia. We tested this hypothesis in captive bighorn ewes at two study facilities over a 5-year period, by identifying carrier ewes and then comparing lamb fates in groups that did (exposed pens) or did not (non-exposed pens) include one or more carrier ewes. This data set describes the outcomes of those experiments.
Summary
We hypothesized that bighorn sheep ewes with chronic nasal Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae carriage are the source of infection that results in fatal lamb pneumonia. We tested this hypothesis in captive bighorn ewes at two study facilities over a 5-year period, by identifying carrier ewes and then comparing lamb fates in groups that did (exposed pens) or did not (non-exposed pens) include one or more carrier ewes. This data set describes the outcomes of those experiments.
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Purpose
The data were collected to assess the impact of bighorn sheep ewes chronically shedding Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae on lamb survival in a captive setting where intermingling was experimentally manipulated.
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