Massive outbreak of anthrax in wildlife in the Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve, Zimbabwe
Massive outbreak of anthrax in wildlife in the Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve, Zimbabwe
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DOI：
10.1136/vr.160.4.113
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发表时间：
2007-01-27
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Lindeque, R. M.
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作者：
Clegg, S. B.;Turnbull, P. C. B.;Lindeque, R. M.
2004年8月至11月，津巴布韦Malilangwe野生动物保护区的野生动物中爆发了大规模的炭疽病，导致保护区估计500头捻角羚（Tragelaphus strepsiceros）几乎全部死亡。其他受到严重影响的物种是尼亚拉（Tragelaphus angasi）、非洲羚羊（Tragelaphus scriptus）、非洲水羚（Kobus ellipsiprymnus）和非洲羚羊（Hippotragus equinus），分别损失了约68%、48%、44%和42%的种群。布法罗（Syncerus caffer）也受到严重影响，尽管其人口只损失了6%，但死亡人数仅次于捻。据作者所知，这是津巴布韦野生动物中炭疽病的首次记录。
A massive outbreak of anthrax in the wildlife of the Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve in Zimbabwe between August and November 2004 resulted in the death of almost all the reserve's estimated 500 kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros). Other species badly affected were nyala (Tragelaphus angasi), bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) and roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), which suffered losses of approximately 68 per cent, 48 per cent, 44 per cent and 42 per cent of their populations, respectively. Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) were also badly affected and although their population suffered only a 6 per cent loss, the numbers of deaths ranked second highest after kudu. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first record of anthrax in wildlife in Zimbabwe.