Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia in Endangered Tibetan Antelope, China, 2012

Streptococcus pantholopis sp. nov., isolated from faeces of the Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii)

“…In 2012, an outbreak of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia caused by Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae in TA was reported (Yu et al, 2013). However, little knowledge of bacterial species in this endangered animal has been available until now.…”

Fatal transmission of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia to an Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx)

“…It was discovered in the caprinae subfamily: Nubian ibex (Capra ibex nubiana), Laristan mouflon (Ovis orientalis laristanica) (Arif et al, 2007) and Tibetan antelopes (Pantholops hodgsonii) (Yu et al, 2013) and was also suspected in the markhors (Capra falconeri) (Ostrowski et al, 2011) but could not be confirmed in that species yet. CCPP was also detected in gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) (Arif et al, 2007) and in sand gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa marica) (Nicholas et al, 2008) both from the antilopinae subfamily.…”

Mycoplasmosis in Small Ruminants in India: A Review

“…Also occurrence of CCPP in surrounding states like Himachal Pradesh, Punjab (Walker, 1914; or neighboring countries like China ), Pakistan (Awan et al, 2010Samiullah, 2013), Afghanistan and Tajikistan (Peyraud et al, 2014) can influence occurrence in this region being in close proximity. Occurrence of CCPP in surrounding wild animal species can also be a reason (Yu et al, 2013).…”

“…In some cases high rates of morbidity, such as in recent outbreaks in Turkey, India or Iran or high sero-prevalences has been recorded. Further studies are required to know the real epidemiology of the disease, although some authors do assume its participation in the maintenance and dissemination of CCPP (Yu et al, 2013). Others Source: Nicholas (2002), Nicholas et al (2008;…”