Rotavirus in Saanen goats

da Costa Mendes, V.M.; De Beer, M.C.; Els, H.J.; Goosen, G.H.; Theron, J.; Steele, A.D.

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 65(3): 132-133

1994


ISSN/ISBN: 1019-9128
PMID: 7595922
Document Number: 434430
Rotavirus particles were detected in the stools of 8 out of 12 Saanen kids with either diarrhoea or an increased rectal temperature. No other pathogenic organisms could be recovered from these kids. This is believed to be the first report of rotavirus infection in goats in southern Africa.

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