Comparison of Two Bacterial Transport Media for Culture of Tonsilar Swabs from Bighorn Sheep ( Ovis canadensis ) and Mountain Goats ( Oreamnos americanus ).
Duplicate tonsilar swabs were collected from 77 bighorn sheep ( Ovis canadensis ) and 19 mountain goats ( Oreamnos americanus ) in Utah. Swabs were refrigerated in bacterial transport medium or frozen in cryopreservation medium prior to bacteriologic culture. The cryopreservation medium yielded comparable or superior bacterial growth while permitting more flexibility in specimen shipment to the laboratory.
1 Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, 1594 W North Temple, Suite 2110, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116, USA.
Annette
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Roug
2 Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine, PO Box 647040, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA.
Dubraska
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Diaz-Campos
2 Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine, PO Box 647040, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA.
Charlene
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Teitzel
2 Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine, PO Box 647040, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA.
Thomas E
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Besser
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000382:microbiology*; D012418:Ruminants; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases; D034581:Sheep, Bighorn / Q000382:microbiology*; D013048:Specimen Handling; D014589:Utah