TY - JOUR AU - Miller, Michele AU - Buss, Peter AU - Parsons, Sven D.C. AU - Roos, Eduard AU - Chileshe, Josephine AU - Goosen, Wynand AU - van Schalkwyk, Louis AU - de Klerk-Lorist, Lin-Mari AU - Hofmeyr, Markus AU - Hausler, Guy AU - Rossouw, Leana AU - Manamela, Tebogo AU - Mitchell, Emily AU - Warren, Rob AU - van Helden, Paul T1 - Conservation of White Rhinoceroses Threatened by Bovine Tuberculosis, South Africa, 2016–2017 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 12 SP - 2373 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During 2016–2017, when Kruger National Park, South Africa, was under quarantine to limit bovine tuberculosis spread, we examined 35 white and 5 black rhinoceroses for infection. We found 6 infected white rhinoceroses during times of nutritional stress. Further research on Mycobacterium bovis pathogenesis in white rhinoceroses is needed. KW - bovine tuberculosis KW - Ceratotherium simum KW - Kruger National Park KW - Mycobacterium bovis KW - white rhinoceros KW - South Africa KW - histology KW - mycobacteria KW - tuberculosis KW - granulomas KW - lung consolidatoin KW - conservation KW - surveillance KW - zoonoses DO - 10.3201/eid2412.180293 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/12/18-0293_article ER - End of Reference