Tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium africanum was diagnosed in an adult female hyrax (Procavia capensis). Pathologic examination revealed disseminated tuberculous lesions. The same pathologic changes were also found in a male hyrax that died a year later. Both animals were imported from the United Arab Emirates and were held in captivity at the Zagreb Zoo in Croatia. The source of infection remains unknown. The acid-fast bacteria isolated from the lungs of the female hyrax were identifyed by polymerase chain reaction as Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and Geno Type® MTBC test confirmed the strain to be M. africanum I.
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1 September 2008
Disseminated Tuberculosis in Hyrax (Procavia capensis) Caused by Mycobacterium africanum
Andrea Gudan,
Branka Artuković,
Željko Cvetnić,
Silvio Špičić,
Ana Beck,
Marko Hohšteter,
Tomo Naglić,
Ingeborg Bata,
Željko Grabarević
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Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Vol. 39 • No. 3
September 2008
Vol. 39 • No. 3
September 2008
Hyrax
Mycobacterium africanum
TUBERCULOSIS