Conservation of White Rhinoceroses Threatened by Bovine Tuberculosis, South Africa, 2016–2017

During 2016–2017, when Kruger National Park, South Africa, was under quarantine to limit bovine tuberculosis spread, we examined 35 white and 5 black rhinoceroses for infection. We found 6 infected white rhinoceroses during times of nutritional stress. Further research on Mycobacterium bovis pathoge...

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Autores principales: Miller, Michele A., Buss, Peter, Parsons, Sven D.C., Roos, Eduard, Chileshe, Josephine, Goosen, Wynand J., van Schalkwyk, Louis, de Klerk-Lorist, Lin-Mari, Hofmeyr, Markus, Hausler, Guy, Rossouw, Leana, Manamela, Tebogo, Mitchell, Emily P., Warren, Rob, van Helden, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6256411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30457539
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2412.180293
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Sumario:During 2016–2017, when Kruger National Park, South Africa, was under quarantine to limit bovine tuberculosis spread, we examined 35 white and 5 black rhinoceroses for infection. We found 6 infected white rhinoceroses during times of nutritional stress. Further research on Mycobacterium bovis pathogenesis in white rhinoceroses is needed.

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