Two bighorn sheep from Arizona (USA) were submitted for necropsy. One was a Rocky Mountain bighorn (Ovis canadensis canadensis) and the other was a desert bighorn (Ovis canadensis mexicana). Both had lesions consistent with those of hemorrhagic disease (HD). Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) type-2 and bluetongue virus (BTV) type-17, respectively, were isolated from the sheep tissues. To our knowledge, HD caused by either EHDV or BTV infection has not been documented previously in Arizona bighorn sheep.
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1 January 2002
Hemorrhagic Disease in Bighorn Sheep in Arizona
Ted H. Noon,
Shannon Lynn Wesche,
Dave Cagle,
Daniel G. Mead,
Edward J. Bicknell,
Gregory A. Bradley,
Shawnee Riplog-Peterson,
Dave Edsall,
Carlos Reggiardo
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 38 • No. 1
January 2002
Vol. 38 • No. 1
January 2002
Arizona bighorn sheep
blue-tongue
desert bighorn sheep
EHD
epizootic hemorrhagic disease
orbivirus
Ovis canadensis canadensis