Science on Tap: A Microscopic Menace Tackling A Bacterial Disease in Sheep and Goats – What We’ve Learned about Mycoplasma ovipneumonia
This talk explores Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, a bacterium that rarely causes respiratory disease in domestic sheep and goats but poses a deadly threat to their wild counterparts. When domestic herds come in contact with bighorn sheep, the pathogen can spread, leading to severe pneumonia outbreaks impacting wild populations.
