干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): GPS Telemetry Reveals a Zebra With Anthrax as Putative Cause of Death for Three Cheetahs in the Namib Desert

Arid

DOI	10.3389/fvets.2021.714758
	GPS Telemetry Reveals a Zebra With Anthrax as Putative Cause of Death for Three Cheetahs in the Namib Desert
	Portas, Ruben; Aschenborn, Ortwin H. K.; Melzheimer, Joerg; Le Roux, Manie; Uiseb, Kenneth Heinrich; Czirjak, Gabor arpad; Wachter, Bettina
通讯作者	Portas, R (corresponding author), Leibniz Inst Zoo & Wildlife Res, Dept Evolutionary Ecol, Berlin, Germany.
来源期刊	FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
EISSN	2297-1769
出版年	2021
卷号	8
英文摘要	Anthrax is a bacterial disease caused by Bacillus anthracis that affects wildlife, livestock and also humans in different parts of the world. It is endemic in some parts of Africa, including Namibia, with species differing in their susceptibility to the disease. Carnivores are typically less susceptible to anthrax than herbivores. Most carnivore species survive infection and have high seroprevalence against anthrax, whereas most herbivore species have low seroprevalence and typically die quickly when infected. Several reports have shown that cheetahs, unlike most other large carnivores, are susceptible to anthrax leading to a sudden death. This finding was suggested to be linked to the low genetic variability of cheetahs which might reduce an adequate immune response and thus explain such a high susceptibility to the disease. Here, we report an incidence of three free-ranging cheetahs that died within 24 h after feeding on a mountain zebra that tested positive for anthrax in the Namib Desert. We were able to reconstruct this incidence with the data recorded in the GPS (Global Positioning System) collar worn by one of the cheetahs and retrieved in the field. It is very likely that the cheetahs died from anthrax, although Bacillus anthracis could not be isolated from tissue and soil samples by bacterial culturing. The mountain zebra is the first described case of a wild animal that tested positive for anthrax in this arid area in southwestern of Namibia. We discuss the negative laboratory results of the cheetahs in the light of new insights of their immune system and its potential to mount a response against this bacteria.
英文关键词	Acinonyx jubatus anthrax Bacillus anthracis cheetah Equus zebra hartmannae Namib Desert mountain zebra wildlife
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000729053300001
WOS关键词	ETOSHA-NATIONAL-PARK ; ACINONYX-JUBATUS ; ANTIBODIES ; CARNIVORES
WOS类目	Veterinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Veterinary Sciences
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/373611
作者单位	[Portas, Ruben; Melzheimer, Joerg; Wachter, Bettina] Leibniz Inst Zoo & Wildlife Res, Dept Evolutionary Ecol, Berlin, Germany; [Aschenborn, Ortwin H. K.] Univ Namibia, Sch Vet Med, Windhoek, Namibia; [Le Roux, Manie] Minist Environm Forestry & Tourism, Directorate Wildlife & Natl Parks, Windhoek, Namibia; [Uiseb, Kenneth Heinrich] Minist Environm Forestry & Tourism, Directorate Sci Serv, Windhoek, Namibia; [Czirjak, Gabor arpad] Leibniz Inst Zoo & Wildlife Res, Dept Wildlife Dis, Berlin, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Portas, Ruben,Aschenborn, Ortwin H. K.,Melzheimer, Joerg,et al. GPS Telemetry Reveals a Zebra With Anthrax as Putative Cause of Death for Three Cheetahs in the Namib Desert[J],2021,8.
APA	Portas, Ruben.,Aschenborn, Ortwin H. K..,Melzheimer, Joerg.,Le Roux, Manie.,Uiseb, Kenneth Heinrich.,...&Wachter, Bettina.(2021).GPS Telemetry Reveals a Zebra With Anthrax as Putative Cause of Death for Three Cheetahs in the Namib Desert.FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE,8.
MLA	Portas, Ruben,et al."GPS Telemetry Reveals a Zebra With Anthrax as Putative Cause of Death for Three Cheetahs in the Namib Desert".FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE 8(2021).