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

• DOI: 10.7589/2018-08-188
• Publication Date: 2019-07-09T07:05:29Z
• Authors: Emma R. Rovani; Kimberlee B. Beckmen; Margaret A. Highland
• Keywords: 0403 veterinary science; Fatal Outcome; Pneumonia, Bacterial; Animals; Female; Mycoplasma Infections; 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences; Alaska; Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae; Reindeer; 3. Good health

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.