| tuberculosis in rhinoceros: an underrecognized threat? | historical evidence of tuberculosis (tb) affecting primarily captive rhinoceroses dates back almost two centuries. although the causative mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (mtc) species has not been determined in many cases, especially for those that occurred before bacterial culture techniques were available, the spectrum of documented reports illustrates the importance of tb as cause of morbidity and mortality in different rhinoceros species across continents. in more recent years, sporadic s ... | 2016 | 26996520 |
| mycobacterium bovis in a free-ranging black rhinoceros, kruger national park, south africa, 2016. | in 2016, an emaciated black rhinoceros (diceros bicornis) was found in kruger national park, south africa. an interferon-γ response was detected against mycobacterial antigens, and lung tissue was positive for mycobacterium bovis. this case highlights the risk that tuberculosis presents to rhinoceros in m. bovis-endemic areas. | 2017 | 28221132 |
| pulmonary infection due to mycobacterium bovis in a black rhinoceros (diceros bicornis minor) in south africa. | we report a case of tuberculosis due to infection with mycobacterium bovis in an elderly male black rhinoceros (diceros bicornis minor) from the limpopo province in south africa. the animal was euthanized due to very poor condition, old age, and dental attrition. necropsy examination revealed two small nonencapsulated granulomas (approximately 40-mm diameter) in the dorsocaudal lobe of the left lung. sequencing of isolated crude lung tissue pcr product and boiled lung culture samples confirmed t ... | 2009 | 19901395 |
| cloning, sequencing and expression of white rhinoceros (ceratotherium simum) interferon-gamma (ifn-gamma) and the production of rhinoceros ifn-gamma specific antibodies. | bovine tuberculosis (btb) is endemic in african buffalo (syncerus caffer) in the kruger national park (knp). in addition to buffalo, mycobacterium bovis has been found in at least 14 other mammalian species in south africa, including kudu (tragelaphus strepsiceros), chacma baboon (papio ursinus) and lion (panthera leo). this has raised concern about the spillover into other potentially susceptible species like rhinoceros, thus jeopardising breeding and relocation projects aiming at the conservat ... | 2007 | 17118460 |
| clinicopathologic correlations of tuberculosis in large zoo mammals. | in august 1978, a black rhinoceros at the national zoological park died with generalized tuberculosis caused by mycobacterium bovis. a 2nd black rhinoceros was euthanatized 9 months after m bovis was cultured from its lungs. after these 2 deaths, numerous large zoo mammals that had been potentially exposed were subjected to various procedures to ascertain their status regarding tuberculosis. the procedures were: intradermal tuberculin testing, evaluation of delayed hypersensitivity reaction on b ... | 1981 | 7035420 |