title: Fatal outbreak of Mycoplasma capricolum pneumonia in endangered markhors.
abstract: A pneumonia outbreak reduced the numbers of a wild population of endangered markhors (Capra falconeri) in Tajikistan in 2010. The infection was diagnosed by histologic examination and bacteriologic testing. Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum was the sole infectious agent detected. Cross-species transmission from domestic goats may have occurred.
authors.affiliation: Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, New York, USA. sostrowski@wcs.org
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ostrowski
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thiaucourt
authors.forename: Mulojon
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amirbekov
authors.forename: Abdurahmon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahmadshoev
authors.forename: Lucía
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Manso-Silván
authors.forename: Virginie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dupuy
authors.forename: Dustmurod
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vahobov
authors.forename: Orom
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ziyoev
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Michel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D056727:Endangered Species; D005260:Female; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission; D006041:Goats; D008297:Male; D045623:Mycoplasma capricolum / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D011002:Pleuropneumonia, Contagious / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission; D013045:Species Specificity; D013620:Tajikistan / Q000453:epidemiology