TY - JOUR AU - Ostrowski, Stéphane AU - Thiaucourt, Francois AU - Amirbekov, Mulojon AU - Mahmadshoev, Abdurahmon AU - Manso-Silván, Lucía AU - Dupuy, Virginie AU - Vahobov, Dustmurod AU - Ziyoev, Orom AU - Michel, Stefan T1 - Fatal Outbreak of Mycoplasma capricolum Pneumonia in Endangered Markhors T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 12 SP - 2338 SN - 1080-6059 AB - A pneumonia outbreak reduced the numbers of a wild population of endangered markhors (Capra falconeri) in Tajikistan in 2010. The infection was diagnosed by histologic examination and bacteriologic testing. Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum was the sole infectious agent detected. Cross-species transmission from domestic goats may have occurred. KW - outbreak KW - Mycoplasma KW - goats KW - animals KW - wild KW - conservation of natural resources KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - Tajikistan KW - endangered KW - pneumonia KW - markhors DO - 10.3201/eid1712.110187 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/12/11-0187_article ER - End of Reference