Foot-and-mouth disease in the African elephant (Loxodonta africana)

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dc.contributor.author Howell, P.G.
dc.contributor.author Young, E.
dc.contributor.author Hedger, R.S.
dc.contributor.editor De Lange, M.
dc.contributor.editor Bigalke, R.D.
dc.contributor.editor Howell, P.G.
dc.contributor.editor Reinecke, R.K.
dc.contributor.editor Walker, Jane B.
dc.contributor.other De Kock, V.E.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-07-06T10:40:52Z
dc.date.available 2016-07-06T10:40:52Z
dc.date.created 2016
dc.date.issued 1973
dc.description The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 300dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract A strain of SAT 2 foot-and-mouth disease virus which was experimentally inoculated into the epidermis of the tongues of captive African elephants produced vesicular lesions at the site of inoculation. After a short period of viraemia, secondary lesions developed in the mouth and on the feet giving rise to extensive tissue damage and the separation of the soles. In spite of close contact there was no spread of the disease to other elephants and by conventional sampling techniques no carrier virus could be demonstrated. The neutralizing antibody response was of a low order and this finding together with the observations made during the course of the experimental disease are discussed in relation to the possible role of the elephant in the epizootiology of foot-and-mouth disease in Africa. en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Howell, PG, Young, E & Hedger, RS 1973, 'Foot-and-mouth disease in the African elephant (Loxodonta africana)’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 41-52. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0330-2465
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53710
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria en_ZA
dc.rights © 1973 ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science. University of Pretoria (original). © 2016 University of Pretoria. Department of Library Services (digital). en_ZA
dc.subject Veterinary medicine en_ZA
dc.subject.lcsh Veterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.title Foot-and-mouth disease in the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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