TY - JOUR
T1 - Rabies in a Sand Cat (Felis margarita) in Saudi Arabia
T2 - One Health Implications
AU - Fagbo, Shamsudeen F
AU - Al-Saigul, Abdullah Mohammed
AU - Ali, Ahmed Abdulrahman
AU - Elshamary, Eid
AU - Selim, Selim Ahmed
AU - Tatwany, Hany
AU - Alfadel, Yousif
AU - Stegeman, Arjan
AU - Assiri, Abdullah
AU - Rupprecht, Charles E
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Wildlife Disease Association 2021.
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - We report a case of rabies in a sand cat, Felis margarita, from Saudi Arabia. This incident suggests hitherto undocumented spillover infection in this species. Our report highlights the shortcomings of passive reporting, necessity of wildlife surveillance, and the need for a comprehensive One Health approach to disease prevention and control.
AB - We report a case of rabies in a sand cat, Felis margarita, from Saudi Arabia. This incident suggests hitherto undocumented spillover infection in this species. Our report highlights the shortcomings of passive reporting, necessity of wildlife surveillance, and the need for a comprehensive One Health approach to disease prevention and control.
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U2 - 10.7589/jwd-d-20-00233
DO - 10.7589/jwd-d-20-00233
M3 - Article
C2 - 34320648
SN - 0090-3558
VL - 57
SP - 977
EP - 979
JO - Journal of Wildlife Diseases
JF - Journal of Wildlife Diseases
IS - 4
ER -