Buffalo in the northern Natal game parks show no serological evidence of infection with foot-and-mouth disease virus

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Esterhuysen, J.J.
Flamand, J.R.B.
Bengis, Roy G.

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Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria.

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A total of 594 sera collected from buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Hluhluwe/Umfolozi Game Reserve complex, Ndumu Game Reserve and the eastern shores of Lake St Lucia were examined for antibody to SAT 1, 2 and 3 types of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus in neutralization tests. No neutralization of SAT 2 or 3 viruses was exhibited by any of the sera tested at final dilutions >10º•⁹. A small proportion (2,9%) of sera neutralized SAT 1 virus at dilutions up to 10¹•⁷, but these were considered to be due to non-specific reactions. This, together with the absence of clinical FMD in both cattle and game in this region over at least a 45-year period and the failure to isolate FMD virus from pharyngeal scrapings of buffalo sampled in the area, leads to the conclusion that FMD does not occur in these buffalo populations.

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Veterinary medicine

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Esterhuysen, JJ, Thomson, GR, Flammand, JRB & Bengis, RG 1985, 'Buffalo in the northern Natal game parks show no serological evidence of infection with foot-and-mouth disease virus’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 63-66.