Livestock, not Mongolian gazelles, drive foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks
Monday, January 30, 2012 - 21:30
in Biology & Nature
Wildlife health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society have published evidence which supports the conclusion that Mongolian gazelles -- one of the most populous large land mammals on the planet -- are not a reservoir of foot-and-mouth disease, a highly contagious viral disease that threatens both wildlife and livestock in Asia.