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Volume 25, Number 6—June 2019

Research

Mass Die-Off of Saiga Antelopes, Kazakhstan, 2015

Sasan Fereidouni, Graham L. Freimanis, Mukhit Orynbayev, Paolo Ribeca, John Flannery, Donald P. King, Steffen Zuther, Martin Beer, Dirk Höper, Aidyn Kydyrmanov, Kobey Karamendin, and Richard KockComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria (S. Fereidouni); The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, UK (G.L. Freimanis, P. Ribeca, J. Flannery, D.P. King); Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, Otar, Kazakhstan (M. Orynbayev); Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan (S. Zuther); Frankfurt Zoological Society, Frankfurt, Germany (S. Zuther); Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany (M. Beer, D. Höper); Institute of Microbiology and Virology, Almaty, Kazakhstan (A. Kydrymanov, K. Karamendin); Royal Veterinary College, London, UK (R. Kock)

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Table 2

Characteristics of fresh tissue samples transferred to Almaty for 16S ribosomal profiling used in an investigation of a mass die-off of saiga antelopes, Kazakhstan, 2015*

Animal Date GPS Species Age y/sex Sample used for HTS
Animal X 2015 May 16 49°46.586N/ 65°26.369E Saiga tatarica 2/F Lung
Animal Y 2015 May 19 49°45.001N/065°27.536E S. tatarica 3/F Kidney

*HTS, high-throughput sequencing.

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