scholarly journals A preliminary investigation of tuberculosis and other diseases in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda

2005 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Kalema-Zikusoka ◽  
R.G. Bengis ◽  
A.L. Michel ◽  
M.H. Woodford
Keyword(s):  
Bovine Tuberculosis ◽  
National Park ◽  
Q Fever ◽  
Foot And Mouth Disease ◽  
Mouth Disease ◽  
Syncerus Caffer ◽  
Mouth Disease Virus ◽  
Foot And Mouth ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
Sat 1

A survey to determine the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis and certain other infectious diseases was conducted on 42 free-ranging African buffaloes, (Syncerus caffer) from May to June 1997 in the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. Using the gamma interferon test, exposure to M. bovis was detected in 21.6 % of the buffaloes. One dead buffalo and an emaciated warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) that was euthanased, were necropsied; both had miliary granulomas from which M. bovis was isolated. None of the buffaloes sampled in Sector A of the park, which has no cattle interface, tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (BTB) exposure. The prevalence and distribution of BTB does not appear to have changed significantly since the 1960s, but this may be due to fluxes in the buffalo population. Serological testing for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) demonstrated positive exposure of 57.1% of the buffaloes sampled, with types A, O and SAT 1-3, which is the first known report of FMD antibodies to A and O types in free ranging African buffaloes. Foot-and-mouth disease virus types SAT 1 and SAT 3 were isolated from buffalo probang samples. Two percent of the buffaloes had been exposed to brucellosis. None of the buffaloes tested had antibodies to rinderpest, leptospirosis or Q fever.

scholarly journals Unrecognized circulation of SAT 1 foot-and-mouth disease virus in cattle herds around Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moses Tefula Dhikusooka ◽  
Chrisostom Ayebazibwe ◽  
Alice Namatovu ◽  
Graham J. Belsham ◽  
Hans Redlef Siegismund ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Virus ◽  
National Park ◽  
Foot And Mouth Disease ◽  
Mouth Disease ◽  
Mouth Disease Virus ◽  
Foot And Mouth ◽  
Cattle Herds ◽  
Sat 1

scholarly journals Absence of Antibodies to Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus in Free-ranging Roe Deer from Selected Areas of Germany (2001-2002)

2005 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 599-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Mouchantat ◽  
Bernd Haas ◽  
Walburga Lutz ◽  
Klaus Pohlmeyer ◽  
Kai Frölich
Keyword(s):  
Disease Virus ◽  
Roe Deer ◽  
Foot And Mouth Disease ◽  
Mouth Disease ◽  
Mouth Disease Virus ◽  
Foot And Mouth ◽  
Free Ranging

Natural transmission of foot-and-mouth disease virus from African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) to cattle in a wildlife area of Zimbabwe

1994 ◽  
Vol 134 (10) ◽  
pp. 230-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Dawe ◽  
F. Flanagan ◽  
R. Madekurozwa ◽  
K. Sorensen ◽  
E. Anderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Virus ◽  
Foot And Mouth Disease ◽  
Mouth Disease ◽  
African Buffalo ◽  
Syncerus Caffer ◽  
Mouth Disease Virus ◽  
Foot And Mouth

scholarly journals Isolation of variants during passage of a strain of foot-and-mouth disease virus in partly immunized cattle

1965 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. St G. Hyslop ◽  
R. H. Fagg
Keyword(s):  
Disease Virus ◽  
Primary Infection ◽  
Foot And Mouth Disease ◽  
Mouth Disease ◽  
Variant Strain ◽  
Mouth Disease Virus ◽  
Foot And Mouth ◽  
Homologous Strain ◽  
Foot Lesions ◽  
Sat 1

Foot-and-mouth disease virus of Type SAT 1 (strain Turkey 323/62) was passaged serially 34 times in cattle previously vaccinated with increasing doses of formol-treated vaccine of the homologous strain. Primary vesicles developed in all the partly immunized animals and secondary lesions occurred in the majority. Virus from the 34th passage was capable of reinfecting a steer only 76 days after primary infection early in the passage series. Virus isolated from the second infection of this animal differed from that isolated from the primary infection in complement-fixing properties and in sensitivity to antiserum, and these differences were of a degree indicative of subtype variation.The variant strain was transmissible by contact, and virus titres in tongue and foot lesions of partly immunized animals were of the same order as those encountered in susceptible cattle.These observations suggest one way in which variant strains may arise in the field.

scholarly journals Experimental Infection of Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) With SAT-1 and SAT-2 Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus

2010 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Vosloo ◽  
S. P. Swanepoel ◽  
M. Bauman ◽  
B. Botha ◽  
J. J. Esterhuysen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Virus ◽  
Experimental Infection ◽  
Foot And Mouth Disease ◽  
Mouth Disease ◽  
Giraffa Camelopardalis ◽  
Mouth Disease Virus ◽  
Foot And Mouth ◽  
Sat 1

scholarly journals Occurrence of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotypes in Uganda and Tanzania (2003 to 2015): A Review and Implications for Prospective Regional Disease Control

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Susan D. Kerfua ◽  
Moses T. Dhikusooka ◽  
Alice L. Mulondo ◽  
James Bugeza ◽  
Fredrick Kabi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
Foot And Mouth Disease ◽  
Mouth Disease ◽  
Serotype Distribution ◽  
East African ◽  
Fmdv Serotypes ◽  
Mouth Disease Virus ◽  
Foot And Mouth ◽  
Regional Disease ◽  
Sat 1

Endemic foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) presents a global economic challenge to the livestock industry. The progressive control pathway for FMD (PCP-FMD) specifies successive steps through which a country/region can reduce FMD virus circulation and impact. These steps are reliant on understanding and obtaining knowledge on FMD epidemiology, to inform development of appropriate disease interventions like vaccination and quarantine programs. Currently, Uganda and Tanzania are in the early stages of the PCP-FMD. This review was undertaken to determine FMDV serotype distribution in Uganda and Tanzania between 2003 and 2015. The paper also presents the vaccine strains used in both countries for the same period viz avis the circulating topotypes. The review highlights four (O, A, SAT 1 and SAT 2) and five (O, A, SAT 1, SAT 2 and SAT 3) serotypes that occurred in Uganda and Tanzania respectively in the thirteen year period. Observations revealed that reported circulating serotypes O and A in the two countries belonged to similar topotypes, East African 2 (EA-2) and AFRICA respectively. The SAT 1 viruses in Tanzania belonged to topotype I and differed from the Ugandan SAT 1s that belonged to topotype IV. Similarly, the SAT 2s in both countries belonged to different topotypes: IV in Tanzania and I in Uganda. This review additionally, underscores the spatial distribution of FMDV serotypes in Uganda and Tanzania and highlights regions in both countries that had high serotype diversity. The paper recommends definitive disease diagnoses, molecular serotype characterisation and matched vaccination deployment for improved disease control.

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