February 27, 2016
A Literature Review of:
Assessing the impact of feline immunodeficiency virus and
bovine tuberculosis co-infection in African lions
Author:
M.Maas, D.F. Keet, V.P.M.G Rutten, J.A.P. Heesterbeek, M. Nielen
Author Affiliations:
Division of Epidemiology, Department of Farm Animal Health, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The
Netherlands
Division of Immunology, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Utrecht
University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa
Other Work:
Conducting research: Directorate of Veterinary Services, Kruger National Park, Skukuza, South
Africa,
Currently: Specialist Wildlife Veterinarian.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3441087//#RSPB20121503C20
Bovine tuberculosis and Feline immunodeficiency virus are diseases that are advancing in the
lion ( Panthera Leo) population in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Bovine tuberculosis
was introduced to the National Park in the 1960s were it infected a population of buffalo. Lions
were first infected in 1995 from eating buffalo carcass ( Keet D. F., Kriek N. P., Penrith M. L.,
Michel A., 1996). At this point, at least 80 percent of Lions were reported infected in 2000 (Keet
D. F., Michel A., Meltzer D. G. A. 2000). Researchers focused more on informing readers how
the diseases infected the Panthera Leo population, the connection it has between both bovine
tuberculosis and feline immunodeficiency virus and the affects of bovine tuberculosis in
buffaloes.
The sole purpose of The Kruger National Park data analysis was to divide the park into
three sections according to the buffaloes infected by bovine tuberculosis, High, Medium, and
