Foot and mouth disease in the mountain gazelle in Israel
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چکیده
A severe outbreak of infection with type O, aphthovirus occurred in the Ramot Yissakhar nature reserve (Israel) in April 1985, resulting in the death of about half of a population of some 3,300 mountain gazelles (Gazella gazella). A smaller outbreak occurred in the southern Golan nature reserve among about 6,500 gazelles. Both outbreaks were controlled by shooting gazelles in a buffer zone around the outbreaks. The importance of preventing overpopulation of protected species is emphasised.
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Description of the pathology of a gazelle that died during a major outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Israel.
Naturally occurring foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in wildlife is a relatively mild condition but occasionally it can be devastating as has been documented in impala in South Africa and in mountain gazelles in Israel. This report describes pathological changes in an adult male gazelle with FMD from an outbreak in the Nature Reserve of Ramot-Issachar region and the lower Galilee in Israel. The out...
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