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Mara Trip Report

Category: Wildlife | Date: Feb 25 2007 | By: admin

Due to lack of sufficient number of carcass presented for postmortem, it is difficult to decide the cause for the sudden death cases in zebra. The post mortem findings from zebra foal and topi could be incidental findings and there are not enough evidence for any epidemiological disease in the area. There is a need for further investigation of the case during my next trip. In the future investigation, there is a need to insist rangers/scouts on early reporting of the sudden death cases. The time lag between time of sighting and reporting posed problem in obtaining intact carcass due to predation by the carnivores.

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