Evaluating the transmission dynamics and host competency of aoudad (Ammotragus lervia) experimentally infected with Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae and leukotoxigenic Pasteurellaceae

• Logan F. Thomas ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Logan201@tamu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2217-0476

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• Dallas Clontz,

  Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Chase M. Nunez,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Robert O. Dittmar †,

  † Deceased.

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Big Game Program, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, Texas, United States of America

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• Froylán Hernandez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

  Affiliation Big Game Program, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, Texas, United States of America

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• Raquel R. Rech,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Walter E. Cook

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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