PARATUBERCULOSIS (JOHNE'S DISEASE) IN BIGHORN SHEEP AND A ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT IN COLORADO
- 1 April 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wildlife Disease Association in Journal of Wildlife Diseases
- Vol. 15 (2), 221-227
- https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-15.2.221
Abstract
Between May 1972 and Feb. 1978, 6 cases of paratuberculosis (Johne''s disease) caused by Mycobacterium paratuberculosis were diagnosed in free-ranging Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) and 1 Rocky Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) on or near Mt. Evans in Colorado, USA. Diagnosis of paratuberculosis was based on gross and histopathologic examination of the animals and by isolation of M. paratuberculosis from 3 sheep and the goat. The clinical signs and pathologic changes seen in the bighorn sheep resembled those described in cattle, while the lesions in the goat were similar to those described for domestic sheep and goats.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: