Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite in domestic and wild cats, causes abortions in wild bighorn sheep, suggesting it is an underappreciated cause of reproductive loss

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Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) with Mount Wilbur in the background. Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. (Credit: Kim Keating, USGS / CC BY 3.0)

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