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CONTAGIOUS CAPRINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA AMONG THE MARKHOR IN SOUTHERN TAJIKISTAN

An outbreak of contagious carpine plevropneumonia in the Dashti Jum Rreserve of the Shurabad region, Khatlon region in 2011 on the population of markhor was analyzed. Clinical and pathoanatomical signs of the disease, methods of laboratory confirmation of the diagnosis with the help of bacteriological and molecular methods was described. An original antibiotics based complex mix for the treatment of wild goats has been proposed and tested. The effectiveness of the proposed method of treatment and control of contagious carpine plevropneumonia in the wild animal population is proved.

Key words: contagious carpine pleuropneumonia, wild goats, treatment of contagious carpine pleuropneumonia, infectious diseases of wild animals, Tajikistan, Mycoplasma mycoides (var. Capri).

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