Pasteurella sp. associated with fatal septicaemia in six African elephants

The sudden mortality of African elephants ( Loxodonta africana ) in Botswana and Zimbabwe in 2020 provoked considerable public interest and speculation. Poaching and malicious poisoning were excluded early on in the investigation. Other potential causes included environmental intoxication, infectiou...

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Published in:	Nature communications Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 6398 - 10
Main Authors:	Foggin, Chris M., Rosen, Laura E., Henton, Marijke M., Buys, Angela, Floyd, Toby, Turner, Andrew D., Tarbin, Jonathan, Lloyd, Antony S., Chaitezvi, Columbas, Ellis, Richard J., Roberts, Helen C., Dastjerdi, Akbar, Nunez, Alejandro, van Vliet, Arnoud H. M., Steinbach, Falko
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 25.10.2023 Nature Publishing Group Nature Portfolio
Subjects:	45/77 631/326/107 692/699/255/1318 Animal diseases Animal health Animals Biochemical tests Cattle Drought Ecosystem Elephants Endangered species Fatalities Genomic analysis Hemorrhage Hemorrhagic septicemia Hemorrhagic Septicemia - microbiology Hemorrhagic Septicemia - veterinary Humanities and Social Sciences Humans Infectious diseases Intoxication Loxodonta africana Metapopulations multidisciplinary Nucleotide sequence Opportunist infection Pasteurella Pasteurella multocida Pasteurella multocida - genetics Poaching Public concern rRNA 16S Science Science (multidisciplinary) Taxa Virulence factors Wildlife conservation Zimbabwe
ISSN:	2041-1723, 2041-1723
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