Journal of wildlife diseasesCosta RicaAnimalsMalePerissodactyla
Mortality Investigation of a Free-ranging Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) in a Fragmented Landscape in Northern Costa Rica.
Jorge Rojas-Jiménez, Sonia M Hernandez, Emmanuel Rojas-Valerio, Roberto W I Olivares, Elías Barquero-Calvo
Published: 202510.7589/JWD-D-24-00222
Abstract
In Costa Rica, human-tapir conflicts are increasing, including disease transmission, as Baird's tapirs (Tapirus bairdii) move into human-altered landscapes. We investigated the death of a wild male tapir, identifying a systemic Actinomyces israelii i…
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