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dc.contributor.author | Keet, D.F.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Grobler, D.G.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Raath, J.P.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Gouws, J.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Carstens, J.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Nesbit, J.W.![]() |
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dc.contributor.editor | Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-12T07:59:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-12-12T07:59:23Z | |
dc.date.created | 2012 | |
dc.date.issued | 1997 | |
dc.description | The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat X Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The occurrence of severe lameness in adult African elephant bulls in a shrub Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) ecosystem was investigated. Large ulcers in the soles of at least one front foot were seen in each of the recorded cases. Microscopically, the lesion can be described as a severe, chronic-active, ulcerative, bacterial pododermatitis (complicated by hypersensitivity/septic vasculitis). A variety of bacteria were isolated from these lesions as well as from regional lymph nodes. Streptococcus agalactiae was the most consistent isolate, while Dichelobacter nodosus, the only organism known to be involved with foot disease in domestic ruminants, was isolated from two cases. Contributory factors such as body mass, portal of entry and origin of potential pathogens may have predisposed to the development of the lesions. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Keet, DF, Grobler, DG, Raath, JP, Gouws, J, Carstens, J & Nesbit, JW 1997, 'Ulcerative pododermatitis in free-ranging African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in the Kruger National Park’. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 25-32. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0330-2465 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/20739 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute | en_US |
dc.rights | © ARC-Onderstepoort (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital). | en_US |
dc.subject | Veterinary medicine | en_US |
dc.subject | African elephant | en_US |
dc.subject | Colophospermum mopane | en_US |
dc.subject | Dichelobacter nodosus | en_US |
dc.subject | Kruger National Park | en_US |
dc.subject | Lameness | en_US |
dc.subject | Loxodonta africana | en_US |
dc.subject | Pododermatitis | en_US |
dc.subject | Ulcers | en_US |
dc.subject | Vasculitis | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Veterinary medicine -- South Africa | |
dc.title | Ulcerative pododermatitis in free-ranging African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in the Kruger National Park | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |