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Genetic structure of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae informs pathogen spillover dynamics between domestic and wild Caprinae in the western United States by Kamath, Pauline L., Manlove, Kezia, Cassirer, E. Frances, Cross, Paul C., Besser, Thomas E.

“…Spillover diseases have significant consequences for human and animal health, as well as wildlife conservation. We examined spillover and transmission of the…”
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Linking population performance to nutritional condition in an alpine ungulate by Stephenson, Thomas R., German, David W., Cassirer, E. Frances, Walsh, Daniel P., Blum, Marcus E., Cox, Mike, Stewart, Kelley M., Monteith, Kevin L.

“…Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) can live in extremely harsh environments and subsist on submaintenance diets for much of the year. Under these conditions,…”
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Disease introduction is associated with a phase transition in bighorn sheep demographics by Manlove, Kezia, Cassirer, E. Frances, Cross, Paul C., Plowright, Raina K., Hudson, Peter J.

“…Ecological theory suggests that pathogens are capable of regulating or limiting host population dynamics, and this relationship has been empirically…”
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Bighorn sheep pneumonia: Sorting out the cause of a polymicrobial disease by Besser, Thomas E., Frances Cassirer, E., Highland, Margaret A., Wolff, Peregrine, Justice-Allen, Anne, Mansfield, Kristin, Davis, Margaret A., Foreyt, William

“…Pneumonia of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) is a dramatic disease of high morbidity and mortality first described more than 80 years ago. The etiology of the…”
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Costs and benefits of group living with disease: a case study of pneumonia in bighorn lambs (Ovis canadensis) by Manlove, Kezia R., Cassirer, E. Frances, Cross, Paul C., Plowright, Raina K., Hudson, Peter J.

“…Group living facilitates pathogen transmission among social hosts, yet temporally stable host social organizations can actually limit transmission of some…”
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Exposure of bighorn sheep to domestic goats colonized with Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae induces sub-lethal pneumonia by Besser, Thomas E, Cassirer, E Frances, Potter, Kathleen A, Foreyt, William J

“…Bronchopneumonia is a population limiting disease of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) that has been associated with contact with domestic Caprinae. The disease…”
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Spatio-temporal dynamics of pneumonia in bighorn sheep by Cassirer, E. Frances, Plowright, Raina K., Manlove, Kezia R., Cross, Paul C., Dobson, Andrew P., Potter, Kathleen A., Hudson, Peter J.

“…1. Bighorn sheep mortality related to pneumonia is a primary factor limiting population recovery across western North America, but management has been…”
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Author Correction: Genetic structure of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae informs pathogen spillover dynamics between domestic and wild Caprinae in the western United States by Kamath, Pauline L., Manlove, Kezia, Cassirer, E. Frances, Cross, Paul C., Besser, Thomas E.

“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper…”
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Causes of pneumonia epizootics among bighorn sheep, Western United States, 2008-2010 by Besser, Thomas E, Highland, Margaret A, Baker, Katherine, Cassirer, E Frances, Anderson, Neil J, Ramsey, Jennifer M, Mansfield, Kristin, Bruning, Darren L, Wolff, Peregrine, Smith, Joshua B, Jenks, Jonathan A

“…Epizootic pneumonia of bighorn sheep is a devastating disease of uncertain etiology. To help clarify the etiology, we used culture and culture-independent…”
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Removal of chronic Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae carrier ewes eliminates pneumonia in a bighorn sheep population by Garwood, Tyler J., Lehman, Chadwick P., Walsh, Daniel P., Cassirer, E. Frances, Besser, Thomas E., Jenks, Jonathan A.

“…Chronic pathogen carriage is one mechanism that allows diseases to persist in populations. We hypothesized that persistent or recurrent pneumonia in bighorn…”
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Natural history of a bighorn sheep pneumonia epizootic: Source of infection, course of disease, and pathogen clearance by Besser, Thomas E., Cassirer, E. Frances, Lisk, Amy, Nelson, Danielle, Manlove, Kezia R., Cross, Paul C., Hogg, John T.

“…A respiratory disease epizootic at the National Bison Range (NBR) in Montana in 2016–2017 caused an 85% decline in the bighorn sheep population, documented by…”
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Epizootic pneumonia of bighorn sheep following experimental exposure to Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae by Besser, Thomas E, Cassirer, E Frances, Potter, Kathleen A, Lahmers, Kevin, Oaks, J Lindsay, Shanthalingam, Sudarvili, Srikumaran, Subramaniam, Foreyt, William J

“…Bronchopneumonia is a population limiting disease of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis). The cause of this disease has been a subject of debate. Leukotoxin…”
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A novel sampling approach to estimating abundance of low‐density and observable species by McDevitt, Molly C., Cassirer, E. Frances, Roberts, Shane B., Lukacs, Paul M.

“…Informative species abundance estimates are critical for guiding decisions around the conservation and management of ecological systems. There exist many…”
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Genomic association with pathogen carriage in bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) by Martin, Alynn M., Cassirer, E. Frances, Waits, Lisette P., Plowright, Raina K., Cross, Paul C., Andrews, Kimberly R.

“…Genetic composition can influence host susceptibility to, and transmission of, pathogens, with potential population‐level consequences. In bighorn sheep (Ovis…”
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Use of exposure history to identify patterns of immunity to pneumonia in bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) by Plowright, Raina K, Manlove, Kezia, Cassirer, E Frances, Cross, Paul C, Besser, Thomas E, Hudson, Peter J

“…Individual host immune responses to infectious agents drive epidemic behavior and are therefore central to understanding and controlling infectious diseases…”
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Correction: Exposure of bighorn sheep to domestic goats colonized with Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae induces sub-lethal pneumonia by Besser, Thomas E, Cassirer, E Frances, Potter, Kathleen A, Foreyt, William J

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178707.]…”
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Association of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae Infection with Population-Limiting Respiratory Disease in Free-Ranging Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) by Besser, Thomas E, Cassirer, E. Frances, Potter, Kathleen A, VanderSchalie, John, Fischer, Allison, Knowles, Donald P, Herndon, David R, Rurangirwa, Fred R, Weiser, Glen C, Srikumaran, Subramaniam

“…Bronchopneumonia is a population-limiting disease in bighorn sheep in much of western North America. Previous investigators have isolated diverse bacteria from…”
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Detection of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae and M. arginini in Bighorn Sheep Using Enrichment Culture Coupled with Genus- and Species-Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction by Weiser, Glen C., Drew, Mark L., Cassirer, E. Frances, Ward, Alton C. S.

“…Mycoplasma species are of interest as possible primary pathogens in the pneumonia complex of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis). Previous investigations have not…”
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Mannheimia haemolytica serotype A1 exhibits differential pathogenicity in two related species, Ovis canadensis and Ovis aries by Dassanayake, Rohana P., Shanthalingam, Sudarvili, Herndon, Caroline N., Lawrence, Paulraj K., Frances Cassirer, E., Potter, Kathleen A., Foreyt, William J., Clinkenbeard, Kenneth D., Srikumaran, Subramaniam

“…Mannheimia haemolytica causes pneumonia in both bighorn sheep (BHS, Ovis canadensis) and domestic sheep (DS, Ovis aries). Under experimental conditions,…”
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A bioinformatic pipeline for identifying informative SNP panels for parentage assignment from RADseq data by Andrews, Kimberly R., Adams, Jennifer R., Cassirer, E. Frances, Plowright, Raina K., Gardner, Colby, Dwire, Maggie, Hohenlohe, Paul A., Waits, Lisette P.

“…The development of high‐throughput sequencing technologies is dramatically increasing the use of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across the field of…”
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