Diagnosed primary causes of death in domestic sheep of all ages in the Intermountain West

Abstract

The 5.2 million domestic sheep in the U.S. resulted in $360 million in sales during 2016. Causes of sheep death were last summarized 25 years ago. The objective of this descriptive case series study was to summarize the diagnoses at necropsy of primary cause of death in 246 sheep including aborted fetuses from the Intermountain West over a 7-year period.