Monodontella giraffae Infection in Wild-caught Southern Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa)

Mads F. Bertelsen; Kristine Østergaard; Jesper Monrad; Emil T. Brøndum; Ulrik Baandrup

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.1227

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1 October 2009 Monodontella giraffae Infection in Wild-caught Southern Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa)

Mads F. Bertelsen, Kristine Østergaard, Jesper Monrad, Emil T. Brøndum, Ulrik Baandrup

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 45(4):1227-1230 (2009). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.1227

Abstract

Postmortem examination of seven wild-caught southern giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) from Namibia demonstrated focal discoloration, biliary thickening, and peribiliary fibrosis affecting mainly the left liver lobe. The giraffes were infected with Monodontella giraffae, previously associated with lethal infections in captive okapis (Okapia johnstoni) and giraffes. Contrary to this, all seven giraffes investigated in the present study were clinically healthy. Based on these findings, it is suggested that the nematode M. giraffae may not be an unusual parasite of the giraffe and that it does not necessarily cause detrimental liver disease.

Bertelsen, Østergaard, Monrad, Brøndum, and Baandrup: Monodontella giraffae Infection in Wild-caught Southern Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa)

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Mads F. Bertelsen, Kristine Østergaard, Jesper Monrad, Emil T. Brøndum, and Ulrik Baandrup "Monodontella giraffae Infection in Wild-caught Southern Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45(4), 1227-1230, (1 October 2009). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.1227

Received: 22 April 2008; Published: 1 October 2009

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