Data for Fatal interactions: Pneumonia in bighorn lambs following experimental exposure to carriers of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae

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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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55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.67462349d34e6d1dac3abda4.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/P14MTUBA

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  • biota
  • usgs-67462349d34e6d1dac3abda4
  • bighorn-sheep-mycoplasma-ovipneumoniae-epizootic-pneumonia-chronic-carriage-captive-exposure-so

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