Pasteurella sp. associated with fatal septicaemia in six African elephants

Abstract 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, in...

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Main Authors: Chris M. Foggin, Laura E. Rosen, Marijke M. Henton, Angela Buys, Toby Floyd, Andrew D. Turner, Jonathan Tarbin, Antony S. Lloyd, Columbas Chaitezvi, Richard J. Ellis, Helen C. Roberts, Akbar Dastjerdi, Alejandro Nunez, Arnoud H. M. van Vliet, Falko Steinbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41987-z