title: Fatal transmission of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia to an Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx).
abstract: Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) is an infectious respiratory disease mainly affecting domestic goats. As CCPP has never been documented in grazing antelopes (subfamily hippotraginae), they were not considered susceptible. Mycoplasma capricolum subspecies capripneumoniae (Mccp) was isolated from pleural liquid collected during the necropsy of a severely emaciated Arabian oryx with mild nasal discharge. The Mccp isolate was then genotyped using a multilocus sequence scheme; the sequence type was identical to the Mccp strain previously identified in a sand gazelle from a nearby enclosure. This case shows for the first time that members of the hippotraginae subfamily, here the Arabian oryx, can be affected by CCPP. In addition, genotyping shows that the oryx was most probably infected, at a distance, by sand gazelles.
authors: Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis applied to veterinary sciences (UREAR-ULg), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege, Boulevard de Colonster, 42, B-4000 Liège, Belgium; Wildlife Consultant L.L.C, P.O. Box 13587, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Electronic address: alchaber@hotmail.com.
authors: A L
authors: AL
authors: Chaber
authors: Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity, P.O. Box 45553, Al Mamoura Building, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Lignereux
authors: Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity, P.O. Box 45553, Al Mamoura Building, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Al  Qassimi
authors: Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis applied to veterinary sciences (UREAR-ULg), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege, Boulevard de Colonster, 42, B-4000 Liège, Belgium.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Saegerman
authors: CIRAD, UMR CMAEE, F-34398 Montpellier, France; INRA, UMR1309 CMAEE, F-34398 Montpellier, France.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Manso-Silván
authors: CIRAD, UMR CMAEE, F-34398 Montpellier, France; INRA, UMR1309 CMAEE, F-34398 Montpellier, France.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Dupuy
authors: CIRAD, UMR CMAEE, F-34398 Montpellier, France; INRA, UMR1309 CMAEE, F-34398 Montpellier, France.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Thiaucourt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000866:Antelopes; D005838:Genotype; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission*; D006041:Goats; D045623:Mycoplasma capricolum / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011002:Pleuropneumonia, Contagious / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission*; D014479:United Arab Emirates / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Arabian oryx; Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia; Wildlife