title: An outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in a free-living African buffalo (Syncerus caffer--sparrman) population in the Kruger National Park: a preliminary report.
abstract: Bovine tuberculosis was diagnosed for the first time in an African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Kruger National Park (KNP). The index case was a 2-year-old, emaciated bull which had been found recumbent and obviously ill, near the south-western boundary of the KNP, in July 1990. During a follow-up random sampling of 57 buffalo, from two herds in close proximity to this initial case, nine more suspect cases were found. Mycobacterium bovis was isolated from a lung and thoracic lymph node, respectively, of two of these cases. Histopathologically, all nine of these animals had granulomatous lesions compatible with a diagnosis of mycobacteriosis, but acid-fast organisms could be demonstrated in only one animal.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Bengis
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Kriek
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Keet
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Raath
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: de Vos
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Huchzermeyer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000382:microbiology*; D002417:Cattle; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D014380:Tuberculosis, Bovine / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology