Conservation of White Rhinoceroses Threatened by Bovine Tuberculosis, South Africa, 2016–2017

Abstract

During 2016–2017, when Kruger National Park, South Africa, was under quarantine to limit bovine tuberculosis spread, we examined 35 white and 5 black rhinoceroses for infection. We found 6 infected white rhinoceroses during times of nutritional stress. Further research on Mycobacterium bovis pathogenesis in white rhinoceroses is needed.

Keywords

• bovine tuberculosis
• Ceratotherium simum
• Kruger National Park
• Mycobacterium bovis
• white rhinoceros
• South Africa