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. 1993 Dec;111(3):559–563. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800057289

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

E C Anderson 1, C Foggin 1, M Atkinson 1, K J Sorensen 1, R L Madekurozva 1, J Nqindi 1
PMCID: PMC2271262  PMID: 8270015

Abstract

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.

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