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Serious respiratory infection hits bighorn sheep near John Day River
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (256+ words) The sheep in Oregon's largest bighorn population tested positive for M. ovi, a bacterium that can cause severe respiratory disease such as pneumonia in goats and wild sheep. Bighorn sheep in Hells Canyon and the Owyhees have previously been affected by…...