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Ali, S.A., 1950. The Great Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis Linn) in Assam Province, India. Proceedings and Papers, International Technical Conference on the Protection of Nature 1949: 470-472
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam |
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Diseases |
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Indian Rhino |
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Anthrax and similar diseases are readily contracted by wild animals from infected vllage cattle with wholesale tragic results. Domestic cattle were undoubtedly responsible for the anthrax epidemic of 1947 which destroyed an ascertained total of fourteen rhinoceros in Kaziranga Sanctuary and probably accounted for many more whose carcases remained undetected.
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