Cutaneous Filariasis in Free-Ranging Rothschild's Giraffes ( Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi ) in Uganda.

Authors :: Whittier CA
Murray S
Holder K
McGraw S
Fleischer R
Cortes-Rodriguez N
Black P
Yordi R
Keigwin M
Enyel E
Atimnedi P
Source :: Journal of wildlife diseases [J Wildl Dis] 2020 Jan; Vol. 56 (1), pp. 234-238. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Sep 18.
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: Across Africa, wild giraffes suffer from a variety of skin disorders of mostly unknown etiology. With their populations already threatened from anthropogenic factors, it is important to understand infectious disease risks to giraffes. Here we describe filarid parasites and a portion of their genetic sequence associated with skin disease in Rothschild's giraffes ( Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi ) in Uganda.

Subjects :: Animals
Anthelmintics therapeutic use
Filariasis drug therapy
Filariasis epidemiology
Filariasis parasitology
Ivermectin therapeutic use
Skin Diseases, Parasitic drug therapy
Skin Diseases, Parasitic parasitology
Uganda epidemiology
Filariasis veterinary
Giraffes parasitology
Skin Diseases, Parasitic veterinary

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