An investigation into the source and spread of foot and mouth disease virus from a wildlife conservancy in Zimbabwe
| Autor: | Euan C. Anderson, C. M. Foggin, N. P. Ferris, G. R. Thomson, S. K. Hargreaves, Nick J. Knowles, Armanda D.S. Bastos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Zimbabwe
Conservation of Natural Resources Veterinary medicine Buffaloes animal diseases Wildlife Cattle Diseases Animals Wild Antibodies Viral Disease Outbreaks Economic viability parasitic diseases medicine Animals SAT serotypes biology Foot-and-mouth disease Transmission (medicine) business.industry General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Antelopes Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Animals Domestic Foot-and-Mouth Disease Herd Cattle Animal Science and Zoology Livestock Foot-and-mouth disease virus business |
| Zdroj: | Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'OIE. 23:783-790 |
| ISSN: | 0253-1933 |
| DOI: | 10.20506/rst.23.3.1519 |
| Popis: | African buffalo were introduced into a wildlife conservancy in the southeast of Zimbabwe in an effortto increase the conservancy's economic viability, which is primarily based on eco-tourism. The buffalo were infected with SAT serotypes (SAT-1, SAT-2 and SAT-3) of foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus, and in order to isolate the conservancy and prevent the transmission of FMD to adjacent populations of domestic livestock, the conservancy was surrounded by a double-fence system, 1.8 m in height. The intention was to prevent the movement of both wildlife and domestic animals across the perimeter. However, two years after the buffalo were introduced, FMD occurred in cattle farmed just outside of the conservancy. Using serological and molecular diagnostic tests, epidemiological investigations showed that it was most likely that antelope (impala or kudu), infected through contact with the buffalo herd within the conservancy, had jumped over the fence and transmitted the virus to the cattle. |
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