The 1992 foot-and-mouth disease epizootic in the Kruger National Park
Keet, D.F.; Hunter, P.; Bengis, R.G.; Bastos, A.; Thomson, G.R.
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 67(2): 83-87
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 1019-9128 PMID: 8765068 Document Number: 463329
The monitoring of a foot-and-mouth disease epizootic amongst impala (Aepyceros melampus) in the Kruger National Park is described. Infection rates of different sex and age classes of impala within the outbreak focus were determined. Seroprevalence rates in other cloven-hoofed species were also determined. RNA sequencing of a portion of the 1D gene of viruses isolated from SAT-2 viruses obtained from diseased impala showed that they were unrelated to previous SAT-2 isolates made from animals in the Kruger National Park.