| DBS | Desert bighorn sheep |
| IKC | Infectious keratoconjunctivitis |
| IQR | Interquartile range |
| MLST | Multi-locus sequence typing |
| OTU | Operational taxonomic unit |
| PERMANOVA | Permutational multivariate analysis of variance |
| PCoA | Principal coordinates analysis |
| SIMPER | Similarity percentage |
| TPWD | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |