Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae Associated with Polymicrobial Pneumonia in a Free-Ranging Yearling Barren Ground Caribou ( Rangifer tarandus granti) from Alaska, USA.

Abstract

Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae has been reported in association with respiratory disease only in members of the subfamily Caprinae of the family Bovidae. We identified Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae in a cervid: a free-ranging barren ground caribou ( Rangifer tarandus granti) yearling with polymicrobial bronchopneumonia.