Abstract
Across Africa, wild giraffes suffer from a variety of skin disorders of mostly unknown etiology. With their populations already threatened from anthropogenic factors, it is important to understand infectious disease risks to giraffes. Here we describe filarid parasites and a portion of their genetic sequence associated with skin disease in Rothschild's giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) in Uganda.
Publication types
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Letter
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
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Filariasis / drug therapy
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Filariasis / epidemiology
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Filariasis / parasitology
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Filariasis / veterinary*
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Giraffes / parasitology*
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Ivermectin / therapeutic use
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Skin Diseases, Parasitic / drug therapy
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Skin Diseases, Parasitic / parasitology
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Skin Diseases, Parasitic / veterinary*
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Uganda / epidemiology