DETECTION OF DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS IN WILD UNGULATES (CAPRA IBEX IBEX AND OVIS ARIES MUSIMON) AND DOMESTIC SHEEP SUFFERING FROM FOOT ROT USING A TWO-STEP POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION

Epizootiologic investigations of selected abortive agents in free-ranging Alpine ibex (Capra ibex ibex) in Switzerland.

In the early 2000s, several colonies of Alpine ibex (Capra ibex ibex) in Switzerland ceased growing or began to decrease. Reproductive problems due to infections with abortive agents might have negatively affected recruitment. We assessed the presence of selected agents of abortion in Alpine ibex by serologic, molecular, and culture techniques and evaluated whether infection with these agents m...

Detection of Babesia ovis Using Polymerase Chain Reaction.

A phylogenetic comparison of wild sheep (Ovis musimon) and domestic sheep (Ovis aries )represented by BCP synthetic line using mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequence analysis

Based on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) cytochrome b (cyt b) gene was partially sequenced and analysed in order to investigate genetic diversity between domestic sheep (Ovis aries) synthetic line BCP n=16 and wild sheep mouflon (Ovis musimon) n=24 from the Sowie Mountains in Poland. All 18 haplotypes were observed which formed two distinct clades in O. aries BCP synthetic line and three clades in mo...

Coprological Assessment of Enteric Parasites in Argali Sheep (Ovis ammon), Siberian Ibex (Capra sibirica), and Domestic Sheep and Goats at the Ikh Nart Nature Reserve in Mongolia

In the spring of 2009 (April/May) the Denver Zoological Foundation in collaboration with the Mongolian Academy of Sciences conducted a fi eld coprological assessment feasibility study at the Ikh Nart Nature Reserve in southeastern Mongolia. Our initial effort was directed at fi nding simple methodologies that would work consistently in the fi eld for identifying some of the enteric parasites fo...

Mycoplasma conjunctivae in domestic small ruminants from high mountain habitats in Northern Spain

BACKGROUND Infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IKC) is a clinical condition affecting eyes of domestic and wild Caprinae worldwide, and Mycoplasma conjunctivae is considered the primary causative agent of IKC in sheep, goats and wild Caprinae. Domestic ruminants from high mountain habitats share grazing areas with wild mountain ungulates, such as chamois (Rupicapra spp.), Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) ...