Meltzer, D.A.G., 1994. Diseases in free-ranging black and white rhinoceroses: pp. 176-179
 | In: Penzhorn, B.L. et al. Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994: pp. i-iv, 1-242 |
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Tuberculosis was first reported in southern Africa in a black rhinoceros. A later report gave details of the death of a black rhinoceros in Zululand with lung lesions apparently caused by a Mycobacterium . This animal, an old cow, was first noticed with an abscess on the mandible in 1967. In 1969 she was treated for infected wounds in the groin and perineal region. She died in 1970 in poor condition. Focal disseminated granulomata in lungs, lymph nodes and pleura were seen at autopsy. Multinuclear giant cells and acid-fast Mycobacterium spp were seen on histological examination of the granulomatous foci. Similar lesions have been described in captive animals. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was identified as the cause in one and M. bovis in the other.
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