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. 2021 Apr 12;95(9):e01394-19. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01394-19

TABLE 1.

Selected Rift Valley fever epizootics with reported fetal loss in livestock

Yr(s) Location Species, # or % of spontaneous fetal abortionsa Reference(s)
1930–1931 Kenya Sheep, # not reported 11
1950–1951 South Africa Sheep, 500,000 71
1977–1979 Egypt Sheep, 80–100% 9, 15
Goats, # not reported
Cattle, # not reported
Camels, # not reported
1978 Zimbabwe Cows, 15% 72
1990 Madagascar Cows, 16% 73
1997 Egypt Sheep, 60–70% 74
Cows, 30–40% 10
1998 Mauritania Sheep, 10% 75, 76
Cows, 5%
Goats, 47%
Camels, 21%
Donkeys, 0%
2000–2001 Saudi Arabia Sheep, 90% 77
Goats, 90% 78
2006–2007 Kenya Sheep, 70% 79
Goats, 63%
Cattle, 47%
2006–2007 Tanzania Sheep, 13% 79
Goats, 31%
Cattle, 8%
2010 Mauritania Sheep, 30% 80
Goats, 26% 76
2016 Uganda Sheep, 24% 81
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