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The role of wild animals, other than buffalo, in the current epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease in Zimbabwe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

E. C. Anderson ,
C. Foggin ,
M. Atkinson ,
K. J. Sorensen ,
R. L. Madekurozva  and
J. Nqindi
E. C. Anderson
Affiliation:
Wildlife UnitPO Box 8101, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe
C. Foggin
Affiliation:
Wildlife UnitPO Box 8101, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe
M. Atkinson
Affiliation:
Wildlife UnitPO Box 8101, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe
K. J. Sorensen
Affiliation:
Virology Section, Veterinary Research Laboratory, PO Box 8101, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe
R. L. Madekurozva
Affiliation:
Virology Section, Veterinary Research Laboratory, PO Box 8101, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe
J. Nqindi
Affiliation:
Virology Section, Veterinary Research Laboratory, PO Box 8101, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Between 1989 and 1992, 7970 wild ungulates, comprising 14 different species, were tested for antibodies to types SAT 1, SAT 2 and SAT 3 foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus. Of these 1·2% were found to be positive and these included impala (Aepyceros melampus), eland (Taurotragus oryx), waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) and sable (Hippotragus niger). All the positive animals were either from the wildlife areas where buffalo (Syncerus caffer) occur or from ranches where clinical FMD had occurred in cattle. The role of these animal species in the current epidemiology of FMD in Zimbabwe is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 111 , Issue 3 , December 1993 , pp. 559 - 564
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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