Mass Die-Off of Saiga Antelopes, Kazakhstan, 2015
(2019)
Journal Article
Fereidouni, S., Freimanis, G. L., Orynbayev, M., Ribeca, P., Flannery, J., King, D. P., …Kock, R. A. (2019). Mass Die-Off of Saiga Antelopes, Kazakhstan, 2015. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.180990
In 2015, a mass die-off of ≈200,000 saiga antelope in central Kazakhstan was caused by hemorrhagic septicemia attributable to the bacterium Pasteurella multocida serotype B. Previous analyses have indicated that environmental triggers associated with... Read More about Mass Die-Off of Saiga Antelopes, Kazakhstan, 2015.