A Review of Bovine Tuberculosis in the Kafue Basin Ecosystem

Table 3

Bovine tuberculosis in the Kafue lechwe of the Kafue basin.

Year	Total animals examined	Number infected	Percent affected	Reference
1956	2	2*	100%	Leroux, 1956
1962	—	—	14.0%	Anonymous, 1962
1971	125	45	36.0%	Gallagher et al., 1972
1972	86	29	33.7%	Gallagher et al., 1972
1973–1976	300	90	30.0%	Dillman, 1976
1976-1977	141	46	32.6%	Rottcher, 1978
1976-1977	38	33	23.4%	Rottcher, 1978
1976-1977	147	5	3.4%	Rottcher, 1978
1977	7	7*	100%	Clancey, 1977
1977	63	33	52.4%	Clancey, 1977
1986	41	33*	80.5%	Krauss et al., 1986
1990	92	15	16.3%	Stafford, 1991
1998	177	34	19.2%	Pandey, 1998
2004–2008	119	29	24.3%	Munyeme et al., 2010

*Samples from cachectic/and or dead animals collected from the Kafue flats.