Title: A case report of tuberculosis in a captive Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus)
Abstract:25 Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is a one of the important chronic infectious disease caused by acid fast bacilli of the genus mycobacterium, has a wide host range which includes elephants, llamas, d...25 Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is a one of the important chronic infectious disease caused by acid fast bacilli of the genus mycobacterium, has a wide host range which includes elephants, llamas, deer, urial, tapiers, antelope, sheep, binturongs, lesser pandas (Liston & Soparkar, 1924), giraffe, wild sheep, mouse deer (sen gupta, 1974), blackbuck, sambar, chital, gaur (Rao, 1989), barking deer, hog deer, mithun and nilgai (Fox,1923). Besides this it is found affecting carnivores, primates, perissodactylids, marsupials, rodents, amphibians (Arora, 1994) and birds (Lesser whistling teal and pigeon) in captivity (Rao et al., 1982).Read More
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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