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Third bighorn sheep in Deadwood herd dies of pneumonia
By Associated Press Today at 11:13 a.m.
DEADWOOD (AP) ? State wildlife officials say three dead bighorn sheep from a Deadwood herd transplanted from Canada have tested positive for a highly virulent strain of pneumonia...
...The South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks regional wildlife manager Trenton Haffley says the department received test results from the Washington Animal Disease and Diagnostic Laboratory on Tuesday that confirmed the most recent bighorn death was from mycoplasma ovi-pneumonia. The deadly bacterial disease is often the primary cause of pneumonia in sheep...
Third bighorn sheep in Deadwood herd dies of pneumonia
By Associated Press Today at 11:13 a.m.
DEADWOOD (AP) ? State wildlife officials say three dead bighorn sheep from a Deadwood herd transplanted from Canada have tested positive for a highly virulent strain of pneumonia...
...The South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks regional wildlife manager Trenton Haffley says the department received test results from the Washington Animal Disease and Diagnostic Laboratory on Tuesday that confirmed the most recent bighorn death was from mycoplasma ovi-pneumonia. The deadly bacterial disease is often the primary cause of pneumonia in sheep...