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Researchers 'cautiously optimistic' about desert bighorn sheep recovery in Mojave Desert


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IMAGE: A desert bighorn sheep ewe (left) and ram are observed in the Providence Mountains in the Mojave Desert in California.
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Credit: Rachel Crowhurst, Oregon State University.
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Desert bighorn sheep in the Mojave National Preserve in California and surrounding areas appear to be more resilient than previously thought to a respiratory disease that killed dozens of them and sickened many more in 2013, a new study has found.
Clint Epps, a wildlife biologist at Oregon State University, and several co-authors, found that exposure to one of the bacteria associated with the disease is more widespread among bighorn sheep populations in the Mojave, and that its presence dates further back, than scientists thought. But they also found that the overall number of infected bighorn has declined since 2013 in the populations surveyed. ....

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Researchers 'cautiously optimistic' about desert bighorn sheep


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A desert bighorn sheep ewe (left) and ram are observed in the Providence Mountains in the Mojave Desert in California
They re more resilient to a respiratory disease than first thought, according to researchers.
Feb 03, 2021
Desert bighorn sheep in the Mojave National Preserve in California and surrounding areas appear to be more resilient than previously thought to a respiratory disease that killed dozens of them and sickened many more in 2013, a new study has found.
Clint Epps, a wildlife biologist at Oregon State University, and several co-authors, found that exposure to one of the bacteria associated with the disease is more widespread among bighorn sheep populations in the Mojave, and that its presence dates further back, than scientists thought. But they also found that the overall number of infected bighorn has declined since 2013 in the populations surveyed. ....

United States , New Mexico , San Bernardino County , West Virginia , Ben Gonzales , Paiger Prentice , Jenny Powers , John Wehausen , Nathan Galloway , Daniella Dekelaita , Ryan Monello , Vernonc Bleich , Nicholas Shirkey , Brandon Munk , Clint Epps , Debra Hughson , Neal Darby , Lora Konde , Thomas Besser , Regina Vu , Crockett Club , Mojave National , National Rifle Association , California Chapter Of The Wild Sheep Foundation , National Park Service , Nevada Department Of Wildlife ,