Foot and mouth disease in gayals (Bos gaurus frontalis) in Calcutta Zoo.
A brief description is given of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in gayals (Bos gaurus frontalis) which occurred in Calcutta Zoo in October 1990. Four of the five affected animals died within ten days of onset of the disease. The disease did not spread to other animals in the Zoo.
Choudhury
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All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Foot and Mouth Disease, Calcutta.
Mazumder
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Bhattacharya
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D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012418:Ruminants