Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae Associated with Polymicrobial Pneumonia in a Free-Ranging Yearling Barren Ground Caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) from Alaska, USA

Emma R Rovani; Kimberlee B Beckmen; Margaret A Highland

Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae Associated with Polymicrobial Pneumonia in a Free-Ranging Yearling Barren Ground Caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) from Alaska, USA

J Wildl Dis. 2019 Jul;55(3):733-736. Epub 2019 Feb 15.

Authors

Emma R Rovani¹, Kimberlee B Beckmen¹, Margaret A Highland^{2

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Affiliations

¹ 1 Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation, 1300 College Road, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701, USA.
² 2 US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Services, Animal Disease Research Unit, Washington State University, ADBF 3003, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA.
³ 3 Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Washington State University, 155N Bustad Hall, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA.

PMID: 30768915

Abstract

Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae has been reported in association with respiratory disease in the wild only in members of the subfamily Caprinae of the family Bovidae. We identified M. ovipneumoniae in a cervid: a free-ranging barren ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) yearling with polymicrobial bronchopneumonia.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Alaska
Animals
Fatal Outcome
Female
Mycoplasma Infections / microbiology
Mycoplasma Infections / veterinary*
Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae*
Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology
Pneumonia, Bacterial / pathology
Pneumonia, Bacterial / veterinary*
Reindeer / microbiology*