Nielsen N O, Oosterhuis J, Janssen D, McColl K, Anderson M P, Heuschele W P
Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph.
Can J Vet Res. 1988 Apr;52(2):216-21.
Nilgiri tahr (Hemitragus hylocrius) are native to India and are a rare zoo exhibit. This report describes an acute respiratory disease in tahr that caused the death of 15 of 16 animals in an extensive exhibit of about 35 acres where they were housed together with a variety of other exotic species of ruminants. The deaths occurred in two separate outbreaks and were associated with losses from malignant catarrhal fever in other ruminants in the exhibit. The most prominent clinical sign was severe dyspnea, and death occurred within five days. The principal lesions were an acute nonsuppurative inflammation of the respiratory tract and pulmonary vessels, lymphadenopathy and lymphoid cell infiltration in the organs of some animals. It was conjectured that the tahr died of a unique pneumonic form of malignant catarrhal fever. Attempts at viral isolation were negative.
尼尔吉里塔尔羊（喜马拉雅塔尔羊）原产于印度，是一种珍稀的动物园展品。本报告描述了一起发生在塔尔羊身上的急性呼吸道疾病，在一个约35英亩的大型展区中，16只塔尔羊中有15只死亡，它们与其他各种外来反刍动物物种饲养在一起。死亡事件分两次爆发，且与展区内其他反刍动物因恶性卡他热造成的损失有关。最突出的临床症状是严重呼吸困难，且在五天内死亡。主要病变为呼吸道和肺血管的急性非化脓性炎症、淋巴结病以及部分动物器官中的淋巴细胞浸润。据推测，塔尔羊死于一种独特的肺炎型恶性卡他热。病毒分离尝试结果为阴性。
