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 prophylactic measures, naı¨ve rhinoceroses would be at risk if translocated to Babesia-endemic areas.
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1 October 2008
Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) Populations in Northwestern Namibia Are Apparently Not Infected with Piroplasms
Barend L. Penzhorn,
Marinda C. Oosthuizen,
Anna-Mari Bosman,
J. Werner Kilian,
Ivan G. Horak
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 44 • No. 4
October 2008
Vol. 44 • No. 4
October 2008
Babesia
babesiosis
black rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis
Namibia
prophylaxis
Theileria