TABLE 2.

Cause of death in 275 African buffaloes: Infectious and parasitic diseases.

Category	Cause of death	Number	Proportion (%)
Bacterial		106	38.5
	Bovine tuberculosis	55	20.0
	Bacterial pneumonia	13	4.7
	Clostridial infections	9	3.3
	Septicaemia	8	2.9
	Bacterial enterocolitis	7	2.5
	Abscesses	6	2.2
	Haemorrhagic septicaemia	6	2.2
	Traumatic thoracic infection	1	0.4
	Bacterial peritonitis	1	0.4
Viral		26	9.5
	Malignant catarrhal fever	15	3.5
	Viral encephalitis	4	1.5
	Viral enteritis	4	1.5
	Viral pneumonia	2	0.7
	Rabies	1	0.4
Fungal		3	1.1
	Rumenitis	2	0.7
	Abomasitis	1	0.4
Parasitic		12	4.4
	Theileriosis	7	2.5
	Coccidiosis	4	1.5
	Myocardial cestodiasis	1	0.4
Total		147	53.5