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1. Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) populations in Northwestern Namibia are apparently not infected with piroplasms

Author:
Oosthuizen, Marinda C.,   et al.   ; Penzhorn, Barend L.; Bosman, Anna-Mari; Kilian, J. Werner; Horak, Ivan G.;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Journal of wildlife diseases 2008 v.44 no.4 pp. 1032-1035
ISSN:
0090-3558
Subject:
Diceros bicornis; ticks; DNA primers; cattle; polymerase chain reaction; disease prevention; Theileria; disease transmission; protozoal infections; Babesia; disease diagnosis; Namibia
Abstract:
... Babesiosis is a potentially fatal disease in black rhinoceroses. Blood specimens collected from black rhinoceroses from Etosha National Park (n = 29) and Damaraland (n = 22), Namibia, were subjected to polymerase chain reaction using Theileria and Babesia genus-specific primers and reverse line blot, with negative results. The animals were sparsely infested with ticks. In the absence of suitable p ...
DOI:
10.7589/0090-3558-44.4.1032
PubMed:
18957663