Hagen Christian A, Bildfell Robert J
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bend, Oregon 97702, USA.
J Wildl Dis. 2007 Jul;43(3):545-7. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-43.3.545.
Mortality due to infectious diseases is seldom reported in the Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). A case of necrotic enteritis associated with Clostridium perfringens type A is described in a free-ranging adult male sage-grouse in eastern Oregon. Clostridial enteritis is known to cause outbreaks of mortality in various domestic and wild birds, and should be considered as a potential cause of mortality in sage-grouse populations.
