OCCURRENCE, DIAGNOSIS, AND STRAIN TYPING OF MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSPECIES PARATUBERCULOSIS INFECTION IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN SHEEP (OVIS CANADENSIS CANADENSIS) IN SOUTHWESTERN ALBERTA

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The role that wildlife may play in the transmission of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map), the causative agent of Johne's disease (JD), and the potential consequences of infection in these populations are being given increasing consideration. A yearling male Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) from southwestern Alberta, Canada, was found infected with Map in August 2009....

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