Anthrax in Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in Namibia

Hans G. Jäger; Helen H. Booker; Otto J. B. Hübschle

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-26.3.423

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1 July 1990 Anthrax in Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in Namibia

Hans G. Jäger, Helen H. Booker, Otto J. B. Hübschle

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 26(3):423-424 (1990). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-26.3.423

Abstract

Bacillus anthracis caused the death of five cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) on a farm in the Gobabis district in Namibia. The mode of infection was believed to be a freshly shot baboon (Papio ursinus) with a cutaneous anthrax lesion.

Jäger, Booker, and Hübschle: Anthrax in Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in Namibia

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Hans G. Jäger, Helen H. Booker, and Otto J. B. Hübschle "Anthrax in Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in Namibia," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 26(3), 423-424, (1 July 1990). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-26.3.423

Received: 9 October 1989; Published: 1 July 1990

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