| epidemiologic and pathologic aspects of an epizootic of malignant catarrhal fever in exotic hoofstock. | an epizootic of malignant catarrhal fever (mcf) occurred at the los angeles zoological park which resulted in the deaths of four exotic ungulates. the source of infection was considered to be a newly purchased wildebeest bull (connochaetes taurinus taurinus) that had been negative for antibody to mcf virus by an indirect immunofluorescent test. the need to re-evaluate regulations for the transportation and housing of young wildebeest is emphasized by this mcf outbreak. the diagnostic technology ... | 1989 | 2716112 |
| a survey for cryptosporidium spp. in mammals at the barcelona zoo. | mammals housed at the barcelona zoo belonging to the orders carnivora, artiodactyla, perissodactyla and proboscidea were examined for cryptosporidium infections. a total of 183 fecal samples from 17 carnivores and 34 herbivores revealed patent infections in only 6 herbivore species (5 artiodactyls of the families bovidae and giraffidae and 1 perissodactyl of the family rhinocerotidae); all carnivores were negative. intensity of infection was found to be generally low. connochaetes taurinus tauri ... | 1996 | 9024881 |
| [malignant catarrhal fever in zoo ruminants]. | an outbreak of malignant catarrhal fever (mcf) in indian gauer (bos gaurus gaurus) and javan banteng (bos javanicus javanicus) occurred in the year 1964 and killed almost all animals of the groups of these species kept at the munich zoo at that time. in the consecutive years at highly irregular intervals cases of the head-and-eye-form of mcf occurred sporadically at the zoo in european and american bison (bison bonasus, b. bison' bison, b. bison athabascae), elk (alces alces), red deer (cervus e ... | 1998 | 9810608 |
| a 12-month survey of the gastro-intestinal helminths of antelopes, gazelles and giraffids kept at two zoos in belgium. | faecal egg count patterns and clinical signs associated with gastro-intestinal (gi) nematodes of 107 zoo ruminants were monitored at fortnightly intervals for 1 year. the ruminants in this study were kept under different husbandry conditions at two sites of the royal zoological society of antwerp, the antwerp zoo and the animal park planckendael. artiodactylids involved were arabian oryx (oryx leucoryx), scimitar-horned oryx (oryx dammah), bongos (tragelaphus euryceros isaaci), sitatungas (trage ... | 2004 | 15710531 |