THE PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODY TO CONTAGIOUS CAPRINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA (Mycoplasma strain F38) IN SOME WILD HERBIVORES AND CAMELS IN KENYA1

R. W. PALING; K. J. MACOWAN; L. KARSTAD

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-14.3.305

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1 July 1978 THE PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODY TO CONTAGIOUS CAPRINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA (Mycoplasma strain F38) IN SOME WILD HERBIVORES AND CAMELS IN KENYA

R. W. PALING, K. J. MACOWAN, L. KARSTAD

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 14(3):305-308 (1978). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-14.3.305

Abstract

Sera of 11 species of wild herbivores were tested for antibody to Mycoplasma strain F38 which causes contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) in Kenya. Antibodies were found in buffalo (Syncerus caffer) (32%), impala (Aepyceros melampus) (10%) and camels (Camelus dromedarius) (49%) but not in bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), eland (Taurotragus oryx), Grant's gazelle (Gazella granti), kongoni (Alcelaphus buselaphus cokei), oryx (Oryx beisa), Thomson's gazelle (Gazella thomsonii), waterbuck (Kobus defassa) and wildebeest (Connochaetus taurinus).

The infection of a single Thomson's gazelle resulted in the development of antibody but no clinical disease. A goat kept in contact did not become infected.

PALING, MACOWAN, and KARSTAD: THE PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODY TO CONTAGIOUS CAPRINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA (Mycoplasma strain F38) IN SOME WILD HERBIVORES AND CAMELS IN KENYA1

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R. W. PALING, K. J. MACOWAN, and L. KARSTAD "THE PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODY TO CONTAGIOUS CAPRINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA (Mycoplasma strain F38) IN SOME WILD HERBIVORES AND CAMELS IN KENYA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 14(3), 305-308, (1 July 1978). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-14.3.305

Received: 15 November 1977; Published: 1 July 1978

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