ROTAVIRUS (REOVIRUS-LIKE) INFECTION OF NEONATAL RUMINANTS IN A ZOO NURSERY

1 July 1978

journal article
research article
Published by Wildlife Disease Association in Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Vol. 14 (3) , 351-354
https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-14.3.351

Abstract

An outbreak of a pneumoenteric disease occurred in neonates in a zoo nursery. Four of 7 affected animals died. Rotaviruses were observed in the feces of an affected 4-day old impala (Aepyceros melampus), a Thomson''s gazelle (Gazella thomsonii) and an addax (Addax nasomaculatus). Encapsulated Escherichia coli also were isolated from the feces. The recovered rotaviruses were antigenically related to bovine rotavirus. A bovine rotavirus vaccine was given orally and no adverse effects were noted.