Impact of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae on juvenile bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) survival in the northern Basin and Range ecosystem. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Spaan RS +5 more
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Potential disease agents in domestic goats and relevance to bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) management. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Domestic goats are raised for meat, milk and hair production, in herds for rangeland weed control, and as pack animals. Domestic sheep, goats and wild bighorn sheep are all susceptible to a multifactorial pneumonia.
Mark L Drew, Glen C Weiser
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Waterhole detection using a vegetation index in desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis cremnobates) habitat. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 In arid ecosystems, desert bighorn sheep are dependent on natural waterholes, particularly in summer when forage is scarce and environmental temperatures are high.
Jonathan Gabriel Escobar-Flores +6 more
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Characterizing population and individual migration patterns among native and restored bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Migration evolved as a behavior to enhance fitness through exploiting spatially and temporally variable resources and avoiding predation or other threats.
Blake Lowrey +12 more
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Seeing Is Be-Leaving: Perception Informs Migratory Decisions in Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis sierrae) [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Seasonal migration is a behavioral response to predictable variation in environmental resources, risks, and conditions. In behaviorally plastic migrants, migration is a conditional strategy that depends, in part, on an individual’s informational state ...
Danielle J. Berger +5 more
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Assessing shared respiratory pathogens between domestic (Ovis aries) and bighorn (Ovis canadensis) sheep; methods for multiplex PCR, amplicon sequencing, and bioinformatics to characterize respiratory flora. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Fox KA +3 more
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A Review of Hypothesized Determinants Associated with Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) Die-Offs [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine International, 2012 Multiple determinants have been hypothesized to cause or favor disease outbreaks among free-ranging bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) populations. This paper considered direct and indirect causes of mortality, as well as potential interactions among ...
David S. Miller +5 more
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Local extinction and unintentional rewilding of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) on a desert island. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) were not known to live on Tiburón Island, the largest island in the Gulf of California and Mexico, prior to the surprisingly successful introduction of 20 individuals as a conservation measure in 1975.
Benjamin T Wilder +5 more
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APROVECHAMIENTO DEL BORREGO CIMARRÓN (Ovis canadensis mexicana) EN UNIDADES DE MANEJO DEL NORESTE DE MÉXICO [PDF]
Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios, 2015 Se evaluó la sustentabilidad ecológica de la cacería selectiva del borrego cimarrón (Ovis canadienses mexicana) en las Unidades de Manejo para la Conservación de la Vida Silvestre (UMA) del estado de Sonora, México; considerando como variable el puntaje
Alexis Huerta-García +3 more
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Patterns of gastrointestinal parasite infections in bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis, with respect to host sex and seasonality. [PDF]
Int J Parasitol Parasites WildlRijal S +5 more
europepmc +2 more sources