Meltzer, D.A.G., 1994. Diseases in free-ranging black and white rhinoceroses: pp. 176-179
 | In: Penzhorn, B.L. et al. Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994: pp. i-iv, 1-242 |
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Bacterial infections identified in newly-captured black rhinoceroses include Group L Streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus both of which were isolated from animals that had died as a result of septicaemia. The most effective antibiotics for routine use in black rhinoceroses were identified as penicillin and streptomycin.
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