Author:
ANDERSON E. C.,ROWE L. W.
Abstract
The prevalence of antibody to the viruses of bovine virus
diarrhoea (BVD), bovine herpes virus
type1 (BHV1), rift valley fever (RVF), bovine ephemeral fever (BEF) and
bluetongue (BT) and
to Leptospira sp. was determined in wildlife populations
in Zimbabwe. Evidence of infection
with BVD virus was found in 14 of the 16 species examined but was greatest
in eland
Taurotragus oryx, nyala Tragelaphus angasi and
bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus. Persistent
infection with BVD virus was found in 1 of 303 antibody-free eland but
not in the smaller
sample of 102 antibody-free buffalo Syncerus caffer.
Antibody to BHV1 was widespread, being
found in 10 of 16 species with the highest prevalence being in buffalo
and eland. Antibody to
RVF was most prevalent in black rhino Diceros bicornis and
white rhino Ceratotherium simum,
buffalo and waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus. Both BEF and BT were
widespread in all the
species examined. Evidence of infection with Leptospira sp.
was found in 7 species. Infections were due to up to 3 of 8 different serovars.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Epidemiology
Cited by
73 articles.
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