| allozyme divergence and phylogenetic relationships among capra, ovis and rupicapra (artyodactyla, bovidae). | genetic divergence and phylogenetic relationships between the chamois (rupicaprini, rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra) and three species of the caprini (capra aegagrus hircus, capra ibex ibex and ovis ammon musimon) have been studied by multilocus protein electrophoresis. dendrograms have been constructed both with distance and parsimony methods. goat, sheep and chamois pair-wise genetic distances had very similar values. all the topologies showed that capra, ovis and rupicapra originate from the sa ... | 1991 | 1774188 |
| immune responses to mycoplasma conjunctivae in alpine ibex, alpine chamois, and domestic sheep in switzerland. | the humoral immune response of three alpine chamois (rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra), two alpine ibex (capra ibex ibex) and three domestic sheep naturally affected with infectious keratoconjunctivitis (ikc), and four ibex and two sheep experimentally infected with mycoplasma conjunctivae was analysed. in addition, the local immune response to m. conjunctivae was analysed using conjunctival washes from chamois and sheep. immunoblot analysis of sera using whole cell antigens of m. conjunctivae reve ... | 2000 | 10813608 |
| gastro-intestinal nematode infections in four alpine chamois herds: influence of host density on helminth egg output. | a three years survey on gastro-intestinal nematode egg output was carried out in four alpine chamois herds (rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra) from belluno province (italy). data were analysed in order to detect the influence of cattle presence and chamois density on egg output, and to evaluate the stability of host-parasite relationship. as expected, variations related to the season were present, with the major peak of egg output observed in the summer. results highlighted an unexpected inverse inf ... | 2001 | 11921539 |
| mycoplasma conjunctivae infection is not maintained in alpine chamois in eastern switzerland. | the occurrence of infectious keratoconjunctivitis (ikc) was assessed in alpine chamois (rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra) in grisons (switzerland) from 1950 to 1999. the first ikc outbreaks were reported in the 1950's. since then, the number of affected subpopulations constantly increased and, by 1999, ikc outbreaks were reported in 39 of 51 (77%) chamois sub-populations. from 1992-99, a total of 243 chamois which died of the consequences of ikc were recorded. the number of cases differed between y ... | 2002 | 12038129 |
| nocardia otitidiscaviarum pneumonia in an alpine chamois (rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra). | nocardia otitidiscaviarum was cultured from the lung of an alpine chamois (rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra) with suppurative bronchopneumonia. this is the first report of both nocardiosis and nocardia otitidiscaviarum in this wild ungulate species. | 2009 | 19361807 |
| analysing the isotopic life history of the alpine ungulates capra ibex and rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra through their horns. | the horn of ungulate grazers offers a valuable isotopic record of their diet and environment. however, there have been no reports of the spatio-temporal variation of the isotopic composition of horns. we investigated patterns of carbon (delta(13)c) and nitrogen (delta(15)n) isotopic composition along and perpendicular to the horn axis in capra ibex and rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra to assess the effects of animal age, within-year (seasonal) and inter-annual variation, natural contamination and s ... | 2009 | 19575404 |
| parasites of chamois in new zealand. | abstract sir, - andrews'((2)) checklist of helminth parasites of wild ruminants in new zealand recorded the presence of 10 species of gastrointestinal nematodes in chamois (rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra l.) from "central south island". in october 1978 we examined 28 freshly-shot chamois cadavers from the harper-avoca watershed in the headwaters of the rakaia river. six of the nematode species reported by andrews were found again; viz. ostertagia ostertagi, o. circumcincta, o. trifurcata, nemat ... | 1981 | 22133071 |
| giardia duodenalis in alpine (rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra) and apennine (rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) chamois. | although chamois rupicapra spp. are the most abundant mountain ungulates in europe, no data are available on the presence of giardia duodenalis infecting these species. | 2015 | 26691178 |
| occurrence, quantification, and genotyping of mycoplasma conjunctivae in wild caprinae with and without infectious keratoconjunctivitis. | mycoplasma conjunctivae, the causative agent of infectious keratoconjunctivitis (ikc), was recently detected in asymptomatic alpine ibex (capra ibex ibex). this suggested that an external source of infection may not be required for an ikc outbreak in wildlife but might be initiated by healthy carriers, which contradicted previous serologic investigations in chamois. our aims were to 1) assess the prevalence of m. conjunctivae among asymptomatic ibex and alpine chamois (rupicapra rupicapra rupica ... | 2012 | 22740528 |