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1 March 2007 CONTAGIOUS CAPRINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA OUTBREAK IN CAPTIVE WILD UNGULATES AT AL WABRA WILDLIFE PRESERVATION, STATE OF QATAR
Abdi Arif, Julia Schulz, François Thiaucourt, Abid Taha, Sven Hammer
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Abstract

Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) caused by Mycoplasma capricolum subsp.capripneumoniae is a highly contagious and serious respiratory disease of domestic goats, characterized by coughing, severe respiratory distress, and high mortality rates. The lesions at necropsy are mainly a fibrinous pleuropneumonia with increased straw-colored pleural fluid. An outbreak of CCPP in wild goat (Capra aegagrus), Nubian ibex (Capra ibex nubiana), Laristan mouflon (Ovis orientalis laristanica), and gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) occurred at Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation in the State of Qatar. The disease was suspected because of the clinical symptoms and the necropsy findings and was confirmed by the isolation and identification of the causative organism. This new finding indicates that CCPP should be considered a potential threat to wildlife and the conservation of endangered ruminant species, especially in the Middle East, where it is enzootic because of its presence in chronic carriers. Susceptible imported animals should be quarantined and vaccinated. The preferred samples for diagnosis are the pleural fluid, which contains high numbers of Mycoplasma, and sections of hepatized lung, preferably at the interface of normal and diseased tissues. Samples must be shipped to diagnostic laboratories rapidly, and appropriate cool conditions must be maintained during shipping.

Abdi Arif, Julia Schulz, François Thiaucourt, Abid Taha, and Sven Hammer "CONTAGIOUS CAPRINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA OUTBREAK IN CAPTIVE WILD UNGULATES AT AL WABRA WILDLIFE PRESERVATION, STATE OF QATAR," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 38(1), 93-96, (1 March 2007). https://doi.org/10.1638/05-097.1
Received: 16 September 2005; Published: 1 March 2007
KEYWORDS
Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia
Gerenuk
Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae
Nubian ibex
PCR
wild goat
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