Rinderpest in African Game.
Rinderpest in African Game.
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DOI:
10.1016/s0368-1742(38)80025-4
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发表时间:
1938-01-01
影响因子:
0.8
通讯作者:
Carmichael, J.
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作者:
Carmichael, J.
Reference is made to previous reports of rinderpest in African game and of the varying degrees of susceptibility to the disease of different species. The buffalo is recognized as the most important wild animal disseminator of rinderpest in Uganda, but field observations indicate that the virus looses some virulence by passage through it. Apparently waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprimus and K. defassa) are rarely infected naturally, but have proved susceptible to artificial inoculation. Natural outbreaks in cob (K. thomsa) have been recorded, but this animal would appear to have a high natural resistance. Sitatunga (Tragephalus spekei) and bushbuck (T. sylvaticus) are highly susceptible. Reedbuck (Redunca spp.) (Cervicapra spp.) and oribi (Rhaphiceros spp.) are usually considered highly resistant in their natural state, but acute attacks of the disease among laboratory animals are described. Eland (Taurotragus sp.) are very susceptible and are an important means of spreading the disease owing to their living in close contact with cattle and to their habit of covering long distances. The pig (Potamochoerus spp., Phacochoerus spp. and Hylochoerus spp.) is highly susceptible and is a source of danger to other animals owing to its ubiquitous distribution. There would appear, however, to be a fall in virulence of the virus after passage through the pig.-F. J. ANDREWS.