A new vaccine for wild bighorn sheep shows early signs of promise but still faces several obstacles, a researcher at Washington State University says.
WSU professor Sri Srikumaran began testing a vaccine for pneumonia in bighorn sheep earlier this year at his research facility in Pullman.
In February, Srikumaran inoculated four bighorn sheep with an inactive form of the leading pneumonia-causing pathogen in the sheep. All four survived the exposure, but sheep that did not receive the vaccine died within two days, Srikumaran said.