Abstract
The importance of wild animals has been recognised in the epidemiology of a wide variety of infectious diseases. Many wild animal species can act as reservoirs of the diseases for other wild or domestic animals and even humans. The assessment of the situation of infectious diseases in wild animals is therefore very important in wildlife management as well as for the protection of domestic animals and humans. However, studies along these lines have not been systematically carried out in Japan. We had an opportunity to collect blood samples from wild Japanese serows (Capricornis crispus), the only wild bovine ruminant in Japan. We attempted to determine by means of a serological survey whether certain microbial pathogens which can affect cattle and other animal species are present in the serow population. The possibility that serows could serve as potential sources of the infections for domestic animals and humans is also discussed here.
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Kinjo, T., Minamoto, N. (1987). Serological survey for selected microbial pathogens in Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. In: Soma, H. (eds) The Biology and Management of Capricornis and Related Mountain Antelopes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8030-6_26
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