Author: Crameri, Gary; Durr, Peter A.; Barr, Jennifer; Yu, Meng; Graham, Kerryne; Williams, Owen J.; Kayali, Ghazi; Smith, David; Peiris, Malik; Mackenzie, John S.; Wang, Lin-Fa
Title: Absence of MERS-CoV antibodies in feral camels in Australia: Implications for the pathogen's origin and spread Document date: 2015_11_2
ID: yxtepbta_25
Snippet: The feral camels in Australia represent the largest "herd" in the world, and furthermore, is the only free-ranging one. The origin of this population is not known for certain, as no records were kept during importation. However, the considered opinion is that they were mainly imported from British India [29] . This is also consistent with the historical records about the cameleers, who worked with the camels, who originated from the border areas .....
Document: The feral camels in Australia represent the largest "herd" in the world, and furthermore, is the only free-ranging one. The origin of this population is not known for certain, as no records were kept during importation. However, the considered opinion is that they were mainly imported from British India [29] . This is also consistent with the historical records about the cameleers, who worked with the camels, who originated from the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan [30] . Furthermore, genetic studies have shown little genetic diversity in the Australian camel population, indicative of a strong "founder effect" [31] , which suggests that the introductions were sourced from a restricted area. Therefore, pending confirmatory genetic studies of the northwest Pakistani camel populations, a working hypothesis is that the Australian feral camel population is derived from this area.
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