Estimating survival and documenting causes and timing of mortality events in neonate
bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) improves understanding of population ecology and factors …

Infectious disease contributed to historical declines and extirpations of bighorn sheep (Ovis
canadensis) in North America and continues to impede population restoration and …

Beginning in the early 1900s, poly‐factorial, poly‐microbial pneumonia was identified as a
disease affecting bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) and it continues to threaten bighorn …

Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) were re-introduced into the Black Hills, South Dakota,
USA in 1965. To date limited information exists concerning vital rates of this population …

Bighorn sheep mortality related to pneumonia is a primary factor limiting population recovery
across western North America, but management has been constrained by an incomplete …

We investigated the dynamics of 8 populations of a bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)
metapopulation in Hells Canyon, USA from 1997 to 2003. Pneumonia was the most …

Longitudinal studies of survival are valuable because age‐specific survival affects
population dynamics and the evolution of several life history traits. We used capture–mark …

Bacterial pneumonia is a threat to bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) populations. Bighorn
sheep in the East Humboldt Mountain Range (EHR), Nevada, USA, experienced a …

Pneumonia epizootics are a major challenge for management of bighorn sheep (Ovis
canadensis) affecting persistence of herds, satisfaction of stakeholders, and allocations of …

Anecdotal evidence of a pneumonia epizootic among bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis
canadensis) in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), Colorado, USA, during the mid …