Worthington, R.W.Bigalke, R.D.Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik2012-05-312012-05-3120122001Worthington, RW & Bigalke, RD 2001, 'A review of the infectious diseases of African wild ruminants’. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 291-323.0030-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/19023The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat v.9 was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.The important viral, protozoal and bacterial diseases of wild African ruminants are reviewed. Special attention is paid to the epidemiological factors that determine the role played by these animals in the transmission of diseases to domestic stock. Examples of the converse situation where livestock serve as a source of infection for wild ruminants are also given.© ARC-Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineAfrican wild ruminantsDiagnosisEpidemiologyInfectious diseasesReviewTransmissionVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaRuminants -- DiseasesRuminants -- Virus diseasesCommunicable diseases in animalsBacterial diseases in animalsArticle